---
title: חַף — clean · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חַף (2643), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: clean. BDB 1906: adj. clean. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2643.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495-5.md)‎ / חַף‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# חַף

<!-- .meta -->
«חַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **clean** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2643 · **BDB:** חַף²

### Glosses

\[am\].innocent (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

clean [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2643/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. clean [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2643/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** adj. clean—only זַךְ אֲנִי בְּלִי֫ פָ֥שַׁע חַף אָנֹכִ֑י Jb 33:9 I am pure, without transgression, I am clean (in speech of Elihu).

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2643/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Job 33:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.33.9/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
זַ֥ךְ אֲנִ֗י בְּֽלִ֫י פָ֥שַׁע חַ֥ף אָנֹכִ֑י וְלֹ֖א עָוֺ֣ן לִֽי׃

*Word for word:* \[am\].pure I not transgression \[am\].innocent I and not iniquity \[belongs\].to me

*JPS 1917:* 'I am clean, without transgression, I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me;

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [חֶסְרוֹן](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2642.md)
- next →: [חָפָא](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2644.md)
- ↑ back to [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1495-5.md)