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Cleanse me from sinתְּחַטְּאֵנִיwith hyssop,בְאֵזוֹבand I will be clean;וְאֶטְהָרwash me,תְּכַבְּסֵנִיandוּI will be whiterאַלְבִּיןthan snow.מִשֶּׁלֶג
Psalms 51:7
Study it in the app“Cleanse me from sin with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 51:7, word by word
- Cleanse me from sinתְּחַטְּאֵtechate
purify
To cleanse from sin or uncleanness.
Where else “techate” appears- with hyssopאֵזוֹבezov
hyssop
Hyssop: a plant with small branches used like a brush for sprinkling.
Where else “ezov” appears- and I will be cleanאֶטְהָרethar
be clean
To be free of uncleanness under the law.
Where else “ethar” appears- wash meתְּכַבְּסֵtechabse
wash
To wash clothes; or wash from sin.
Where else “techabse” appears- I will be whiterאַלְבִּיןalbin
turn white
To become snow-colored; be cleansed of sin.
Where else “albin” appears- than snowשֶּׁלֶגsheleg
snow
Snow.
Where else “sheleg” appears
Translation note
“Hyssop”: a plant whose branches were used for sprinkling in the purification rites (Leviticus 14:4-7; Numbers 19:18).
The context
6Look, you delight in truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part you make me know wisdom.
7 · This verse (above)
8Make me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you crushed be jubilant.