זַךְ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2134

pure — used 11 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

pure tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זַךְ: adj. pure, clean tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. pure, clean; abs. זַךְ Jb 8:6 + 5 times; זָ֛ךְ Ex 27:20 Lv 24:2; f. זַכָּה Ex 30:34 + 2 times;— lit., pure, i.e. unmixed, free from foreign substances, of olive oil Ex 27:20 Lv 24:2, of frankincense Ex 30:34 Lv 24:7 (all P and H). fig., pure, clean, righteous (only Jb Pr):—of man Jb 8:6 (‖ יָשָׁר); 33:9 (+ בְּלִי פָ֑שַׁע; ‖ חַף) as subst. = the pure, righteous וְזַךְ יָשָׁר פָּעֳלוֹ Pr 21:8 (opp. וָזָר֑ q.v.); of mode of life כָּל־דַּרְכֵי־אִישׁ זַךְ בְּעֵינָיו Pr 16:2; of mode of action (פָּעֳלוֹ) 20:11 (‖ יָשָׁר); of doctrine (לִקְחִי) Jb 11:4 (‖ בַּר הייתי); of prayer 16:17 (‖ לֹא חָמָס בְּכַפָּ֑י).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: pure (4); [is] pure (3); [are] pure (2).

In the verses

Proverbs 21:8 · tree →

הֲפַכְפַּ֬ךְ דֶּ֣רֶךְ אִ֣ישׁ וָזָ֑ר וְ֝זַ֗ךְ יָשָׁ֥ר פָּעֳלֽוֹ׃

Word for word: [is].crooked [the].way of.a.person guilty and a.pure.[person] [is].upright work his

JPS 1917: The way of man is froward and strange; but as for the pure, his work is right.

Job 16:17 · tree →

עַ֭ל לֹא־חָמָ֣ס בְּכַפָּ֑י וּֽתְפִלָּתִ֥י זַכָּֽה׃

Word for word: on not violence [is].in palms my and prayer my [is].pure

JPS 1917: Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

On Mova

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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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