King James Version

Psalms 51:7

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 51:9.

תְּחַטְּאֵ֣נִיtechateniby faultחָטָאverb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “by fault”, an unfinished actionH2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemnbear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.בְאֵז֣וֹבveezovin hyssopאֵזוֹבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in hyssop”, the ordinary formH231hyssophyssop.וְאֶטְהָ֑רveetharand be cleanטָהֵרconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and be clean”, an unfinished actionH2891to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy)be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).תְּ֝כַבְּסֵ֗נִיtekhabseniwashכָּבַסverb, piel, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “wash”, an unfinished actionH3526to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurativefuller, wash(-ing).וּמִשֶּׁ֥לֶגumishelegand from snowשֶׁלֶגconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and from snow”, the ordinary formH7950snow (probably from its whiteness)snow(-y).אַלְבִּֽיןalbinmake brickלָבַןverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “make brick”, an unfinished actionH3835to be (or become) white; to make bricksmake brick, be (made, make) white(-r).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(51-9) Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Young’s Literal Translation

Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.

World English Bible

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Darby Translation

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Douay-Rheims

Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(51-9) Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ῥαντιεῖς με ὑσσώπῳ καὶ καθαρισθήσομαι, πλυνεῖς με καὶ ὑπὲρ χιόνα λευκανθήσομαι.