Psalms

Psalm 51:7–10

⁷Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;

wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

⁸Let me hear joy and gladness;

let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

⁹Hide Your face from my sins

and blot out all my iniquities.

¹⁰Create in me a clean heart, O God,

and renew a right spirit within me.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Purify me	תְּחַטְּאֵ֣נִי	tə·ḥaṭ·ṭə·’ê·nî	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H2398 miss
with hyssop	בְאֵז֣וֹב	ḇə·’ê·zō·wḇ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular	H231 hyssop
and I will be clean	וְאֶטְהָ֑ר	wə·’eṭ·hār	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular	H2891 be clean, pure
wash me	תְּ֝כַבְּסֵ֗נִי	tə·ḵab·bə·sê·nî	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H3526 (tread), wash
and I will be whiter	אַלְבִּֽין׃	’al·bîn	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3835 be white
than snow	וּמִשֶּׁ֥לֶג	ū·miš·še·leḡ	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H7950 snow

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Let me hear	תַּ֭שְׁמִיעֵנִי	taš·mî·‘ê·nî	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular; first person common singular	H8085 hear
joy	שָׂשׂ֣וֹן	śā·śō·wn	Noun - masculine singular	H8342 exultation, rejoicing
and gladness	וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה	wə·śim·ḥāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H8057 joy, gladness, mirth
let the bones	עֲצָמ֥וֹת	‘ă·ṣā·mō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H6106 bone, substance, self
You have crushed	דִּכִּֽיתָ׃	dik·kî·ṯā	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H1794 id.
rejoice	תָּ֝גֵ֗לְנָה	tā·ḡê·lə·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H1523 rejoice

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Hide	הַסְתֵּ֣ר	has·têr	Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular	H5641 hide, conceal
Your face	פָּ֭נֶיךָ	pā·ne·ḵā	Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular	H6440 face, before
from my sins	מֵחֲטָאָ֑י	mê·ḥă·ṭā·’āy	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H2399 sin
and blot out	מְחֵֽה׃	mə·ḥêh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H4229 wipe, wipe out
all	וְֽכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
my iniquities	עֲוֺ֖נֹתַ֣י	‘ă·wō·nō·ṯay	Noun - common plural construct; first person common singular	H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Create	בְּרָא־	bə·rā-	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H1254 shape, create
in me	לִ֣י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
a clean	טָ֭הוֹר	ṭā·hō·wr	Adjective - masculine singular	H2889 clean, pure
heart	לֵ֣ב	lêḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart
O God	אֱלֹהִ֑ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
and renew	חַדֵּ֥שׁ	ḥad·dêš	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular	H2318 renew, repair
a right	נָ֝כ֗וֹן	nā·ḵō·wn	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H3559 be firm
spirit	וְר֥וּחַ	wə·rū·aḥ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - common singular	H7307 breath, wind, spirit
within me	בְּקִרְבִּֽי׃	bə·qir·bî	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H7130 inward part, midst