זָכָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2135

be clear — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

be clear tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זָכָה: vb. be clear, clean, pure tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. be clear, clean, pure, always in moral sense (Assyrian zakû ZimBP; Aramaic דְּכָא, ܕܟܳܐ, ܕܟܺܝ; cf. Arabic ذَكَا be bright (of a fire), pungent (of an odour); be acute, quick of mind)— Impf. 3 ms. יִזְכֶּה Jb 15:14; 25:4; 2 ms. תִּזְכֶּה ψ 51:6; 1 s. interrog. הַאֶזְכֶּה Mi 6:11;— be clean, pure, of man, in the sight of God, Jb 15:14; 25:4 (in both ‖ יצדק; cf. also זַכּוּ 15:15; 25:5). be clear, be justified = be regarded as just, righteous, of God, ψ 51:6 (‖ תצדק), Mi 6:11. Pf. 1 s. זִכִּיתִי ψ 73:13 Pr 20:9; Impf. יְזַכֶּה־ ψ 119:9:—make or keep clean, pure, obj. לְבָבִי ψ 73:13 (‖ אֶרְחַץ כַּפָּ֑י), obj. לִבִּי Pr 20:9 (‖ טָהַרְתִּי); obj. אֶת־אָרְחוֹ ψ 119:9. Imv. m.pl. הִזַּכּוּ Is 1:16 make yourselves clean (‖ רַחֲצוּ);—on form cf. Ges§ 54, 2, b, Rem. KöLgb. i, 345, 534 Sta§ 129 d.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: I have kept pure (2); I be clean? (1); he will be pure (1).

In the verses

Job 15:14 · tree →

מָֽה־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּ֑ה וְכִֽי־יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה׃

Word for word: what? [is].a.person (cmp) he.will.be.pure and (cmp) he.will.be.righteous [one].born of.a.woman

JPS 1917: What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Proverbs 20:9 · tree →

מִֽי־יֹ֭אמַר זִכִּ֣יתִי לִבִּ֑י טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּי מֵחַטָּאתִֽי׃

Word for word: who? will.he.say I.have.kept.pure heart my I.am.pure from sin my

JPS 1917: Who can say: 'I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin'?

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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