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title: זָכַךְ — be bright · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָכַךְ (2141), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: be bright. BDB 1906: vb. be bright, clean, pure. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָכַךְ

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«זָכַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be bright** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 2141 · **BDB:** זָכַךְ

### Glosses

they.are.pure (2); I.cleansed (1); they.were.bright (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be bright [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2141/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be bright, clean, pure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2141/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be bright, clean, pure (kindred with foregoing. Only La Jb)— Pf. only 3 mpl. זַכּ֫וּ;— be bright, shining, fig. of splendour of nobles ז׳ נְזִירִים מִשֶּׁלֶג La 4:7 (‖ צַחוּ מֵחָלָב). be clean, pure in God’s sight, of heavens Jb 15:15, of stars 25:5 (‖ יַאֲהִיל of moon; cf. also יִזְכֶּה 15:14; 25:4). cleanse, only Pf. 1 s. וַהֲזִכּוֹתִי בְּבֹר כַּפָּֽי ׃ Jb 9:30, fig. of making morally spotless (‖ הִתְרָחַצְתִּי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָכַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2141/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 9:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.30/)

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אִם־הִתְרָחַ֥צְתִּי בְמֵי־שָׁ֑לֶג וַ֝הֲזִכּ֗וֹתִי בְּבֹ֣ר כַּפָּֽי׃

*Word for word:* if I.washed.myself in water of.snow and I.cleansed with potash palms my

*JPS 1917:* If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;

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[Job 15:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.15/)

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הֵ֣ן בִּ֭קְדֹשָׁיו לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֑ין וְ֝שָׁמַ֗יִם לֹא־זַכּ֥וּ בְעֵינָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* there! in his.holy \[ones\] not he.trusts and.\[the\] heavens not they.are.pure in eyes his

*JPS 1917:* Behold, He putteth no trust in His holy ones; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.

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