Proverbs 20:9 Go deeper

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

מִֽי\־mi-who?

Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: who?

Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Proverbs 20:9 word 1

יֹ֭אמַרYo.marwill he say

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Proverbs 20:9 word 2

זִכִּ֣יתִיzi.Ki.tiI have kept pure

Lemma: זָכָה (za.khah) · Strong's: H2135

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpp1cs)

Meaning: to clean

Used 8 times. Also: Job 15:14, Job 25:4, Psalms 51:4, Psalms 73:13, Psalms 119:9, Isaiah 1:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2135; TAHOT Proverbs 20:9 word 3

לִבִּ֑יli.Biheart my

Lemma: לֵב (lev) · Strong's: H3820A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: heart

Used 593 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:6, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3820A; TAHOT Proverbs 20:9 word 4

טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּיta.Har.tiI am pure

Lemma: טָהֵר (ta.her) · Strong's: H2891

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: be pure

Used 94 times. Also: Genesis 35:2, Leviticus 11:32, Leviticus 12:7, Leviticus 12:8, Leviticus 13:6, Leviticus 13:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2891; TAHOT Proverbs 20:9 word 5

מֵחַטָּאתִֽי\׃me.cha.ta.Tifrom sin my

Lemma: חַטָּאת (chat.tat) · Strong's: H2403B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: sin

Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 18:20, Genesis 31:36, Genesis 50:17, Exodus 10:17, Exodus 32:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2403B; TAHOT Proverbs 20:9 word 6

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

Who	→	מִי H4310 who?
can say	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
I have kept my heart	→	לֵב H3820A heart
pure	→	זָכָה H2135 to clean
I am cleansed	→	טָהֵר H2891 be pure
from my sin	→	חַטָּאת H2403B sin

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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