Psalms 51:8

“Make me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you crushed be jubilant.”

Psalms 51:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Psalms 51:8, word by word

Make me hearתַּשְׁמִיעֵtashmie

proclaim

Literally "make hear": to make known to all.

Where else “tashmie” appears
joyשָׂשׂוֹןsason

joy, gladness

Joy, lively gladness.

Where else “sason” appears
and gladnessשִׂמְחָהsimcha

joy

Joy, gladness, celebration.

Where else “simcha” appears
let the bonesעֲצָמוֹתatsamot

bone

Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.

Where else “atsamot” appears
that you crushedדִּכִּיתָdikita

be crushed

Be ground down, shattered.

Where else “dikita” appears
be jubilantתָּגֵלְנָהtagelna

rejoice

To rejoice: to be very glad, to leap for joy.

Where else “tagelna” appears

The context

7Cleanse me from sin with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

8 · This verse (above)

9Hide your face from my sins, and all my iniquities blot out.

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