to.ho.rah refers to purification in periods of cleansing and in references to holy things or communal charge.

The term most often occurs in clauses concerning a person's cleansing, including days to be counted, washing, offerings, or a day following defilement. It also appears in references to the purifying of holy things, to holiness, and to a communal charge.

1. Purification connected with a person's cleansing · dominant

   In Leviticus 12:4 and Leviticus 12:6, the singular noun occurs with days during which a woman remains apart and which are completed before she brings offerings. In Leviticus 15:13, the APB renders the clause "then he shall count seven days for his purification," followed by washing garments and bathing; Numbers 6:9 similarly places it in "the day of his purification" after a consecrated head has been defiled.

   Leviticus 12:4Leviticus 12:6Leviticus 15:13Numbers 6:9Leviticus 14:2Ezekiel 44:26
2. Purifying connected with holy service or charge · common

   In 1 Chronicles 23:28, the construct form occurs in the clause concerning "the purifying of all that is holy" alongside work in the house of God. In 2 Chronicles 30:19, the APB renders a contrast involving "the purifying of the holiness," while Nehemiah 12:45 names "the charge of purification" beside the charge of God.

   1 Chronicles 23:282 Chronicles 30:19Nehemiah 12:45

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the surrounding clauses with "purification" or "purifying," and in Ezekiel 44:26 it renders the larger clause "After he is cleansed." These English expressions show the verse contexts rather than fixed individual renderings.