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title: זָכָה — be clear · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָכָה (2135), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: be clear. BDB 1906: vb. be clear, clean, pure. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָכָה

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«זָכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be clear** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 2135 · **BDB:** זָכָה

### Glosses

I.have.kept.pure (2); I.be.clean? (1); he.will.be.pure (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be clear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2135/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be clear, clean, pure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2135/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be clear, clean, pure, always in moral sense (Assyrian zakû ZimBP; Aramaic דְּכָא, ܕܟܳܐ, ܕܟܺܝ; cf. Arabic ذَكَا be bright (of a fire), pungent (of an odour); be acute, quick of mind)— Impf. 3 ms. יִזְכֶּה Jb 15:14; 25:4; 2 ms. תִּזְכֶּה ψ 51:6; 1 s. interrog. הַאֶזְכֶּה Mi 6:11;— be clean, pure, of man, in the sight of God, Jb 15:14; 25:4 (in both ‖ יצדק; cf. also זַכּוּ 15:15; 25:5). be clear, be justified = be regarded as just, righteous, of God, ψ 51:6 (‖ תצדק), Mi 6:11. Pf. 1 s. זִכִּיתִי ψ 73:13 Pr 20:9; Impf. יְזַכֶּה־ ψ 119:9:—make or keep clean, pure, obj. לְבָבִי ψ 73:13 (‖ אֶרְחַץ כַּפָּ֑י), obj. לִבִּי Pr 20:9 (‖ טָהַרְתִּי); obj. אֶת־אָרְחוֹ ψ 119:9. Imv. m.pl. הִזַּכּוּ Is 1:16 make yourselves clean (‖ רַחֲצוּ);—on form cf. Ges§ 54, 2, b, Rem. KöLgb. i, 345, 534 Sta§ 129 d.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2135/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 15:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.14/)

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מָֽה־אֱנ֥וֹשׁ כִּֽי־יִזְכֶּ֑ה וְכִֽי־יִ֝צְדַּ֗ק יְל֣וּד אִשָּֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* what? \[is\].a.person (cmp) he.will.be.pure and (cmp) he.will.be.righteous \[one\].born of.a.woman

*JPS 1917:* What is man, that he should be clean? And he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

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[Proverbs 20:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.20.9/)

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מִֽי־יֹ֭אמַר זִכִּ֣יתִי לִבִּ֑י טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּי מֵחַטָּאתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* who? will.he.say I.have.kept.pure heart my I.am.pure from sin my

*JPS 1917:* Who can say: 'I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin'?

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