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Whoמִיcan say,יֹאמַר“I have made cleanזִכִּיתִיmy heart;לִבִּיI am pureטָהַרְתִּיfrom my sin”?מֵחַטָּאתִי
Proverbs 20:9
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Proverbs 20:9, word by word
- can sayיֹאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- “I have made cleanזִכִּיתִיzikiti
be pure, be clean
To be pure, clean, clear; figuratively, to be innocent.
Where else “zikiti” appears- my heartלִבִּlibi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libi” appears- I am pureטָהַרְתִּיtaharti
be clean
To be free of uncleanness under the law.
Where else “taharti” appears- from my sinחַטָּאתִchatati
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatati” appears
The context
8A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows with his eyes all evil.
9 · This verse (above)
10Weight and weight, ephah and ephah, an abomination to YHWH are both of them.