ta.hor describes pure gold and other materials, clean animals and persons, and, rarely, purity of heart.

The adjective most often marks gold as a specified pure material in instructions and reports of crafted objects. It also identifies animals, people, and water as clean in contrasts with what is unclean, extends to a table, lampstand, and incense in worship-related settings, and appears once in the construct phrase rendered “purity of heart.”

1. Pure material, especially gold · dominant

   The masculine singular adjective occurs repeatedly in clauses specifying gold for overlaid furnishings, vessels, chains, and a crown. In Exodus 25:31 the APB renders the clause “a lampstand of pure gold,” while Exodus 28:36 describes a gold flower engraved “Holiness to the LORD.”

   Exodus 25:31Exodus 28:36Exodus 30:3Exodus 37:17Exodus 39:302 Chronicles 3:4
2. Clean status contrasted with uncleanness · common

   The adjective marks animals and persons in explicit clean/unclean contrasts: Genesis 7:2 distinguishes clean animals from those “that are not clean,” and Deuteronomy 12:15 permits both the unclean and the clean to eat. Ezekiel 44:23 likewise places it in the distinction between “the unclean and the clean”; Ezekiel 36:25 applies the plural form to water in a promise of cleansing.

   Genesis 7:2Deuteronomy 12:151 Samuel 20:26Ezekiel 44:23Ezekiel 36:25Ezra 6:20
3. Purity of worship-related articles and preparations · occasional

   The adjective is attached to a table, lampstand, and incense in clauses concerning articles and preparations associated with worship. In Exodus 30:35 the APB renders the mixture as “salted, pure, set apart,” and 2 Chronicles 13:11 refers to bread upon “the pure table.”

   Exodus 30:35Exodus 31:8Exodus 37:29Exodus 39:372 Chronicles 13:11
4. Purity of heart · rare

   In Proverbs 22:11, the masculine singular construct form occurs in the phrase the APB renders “purity of heart,” describing the quality loved by the person who has favor on his lips.

   Proverbs 22:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly uses “pure” for gold, worship articles, and the heart phrase, while it uses “clean” in animal, personal, and water contexts. Because the APB translates whole verses rather than aligning each word, these renderings confirm the clauses without fixing every individual correspondence.