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title: זַךְ — pure · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זַךְ (2134), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: pure. BDB 1906: adj. pure, clean. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זַךְ

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«זַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pure** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 11 times · **Key:** 2134 · **BDB:** זַךְ

### Glosses

pure (4); \[is\].pure (3); \[are\].pure (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2134/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. pure, clean [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2134/#m2)

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2134/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 21:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.21.8/)

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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.

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[Job 16:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.17/)

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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.

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