KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Psalm 51:7 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Purge” | תְּחַטְּאֵ֣נִי | Properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn | Purge |
| “me with hyssop,” | בְאֵז֣וֹב | Hyssop | hyssop |
| “and I shall be clean:” | וְאֶטְהָ֑ר | To be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy) | clean |
| “wash” | תְּ֝כַבְּסֵ֗נִי | To trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative | wash |
| “me, and I shall be whiter” | אַלְבִּֽין׃ | To be (or become) white | whiter |
| “than snow.” | וּמִשֶּׁ֥לֶג | Snow (probably from its whiteness) | than snow |
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5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
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