Psalms

Psalm 51:8–9

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.

Word by word

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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

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 51:8 Matthew 5:4 · Job 5:17–18 · Hosea 6:1–2 · Psalm 6:2–3 · Psalm 119:81–82 · Psalm 126:5–6 · Luke 4:18 · Psalm 30:11 · Psalm 35:10 · Psalm 38:3 · Acts 2:37–41 · Isaiah 57:15–18

Psalm 51:9 Jeremiah 16:17 · Micah 7:18–19 · Colossians 2:14 · Isaiah 38:17 · Psalm 51:1

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.