contact with a, made an Israelite ceremonially unclean, and made whatever he touched also unclean, according to the Mosaic law ( Haggai 2:13 ; Compare Numbers 19:16 Numbers 19:22 ; Leviticus 11:39 ).

These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.