KJV: Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
YLT: Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,
Darby: Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency:
ASV: Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
אַךְ־ | Surely |
Parse: Adverb Root: אַךְ Sense: indeed, surely (emphatic). |
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רִ֭יק | [in] vain |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: רִיק Sense: emptiness, vanity, empty, idle, vain. |
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זִכִּ֣יתִי | I have cleansed |
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, first person common singular Root: זָכָה Sense: to be clean, be pure, be clear. |
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לְבָבִ֑י | my heart |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular Root: לֵבָב Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, soul, understanding. |
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וָאֶרְחַ֖ץ | and washed |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular Root: רָחַץ Sense: to wash, wash off, wash away, bathe. |
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בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן | in innocence |
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular Root: נִקָּיׄון Sense: innocency. |
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כַּפָּֽי | my hands |
Parse: Noun, fdc, first person common singular Root: כַּף Sense: palm, hand, sole, palm of the hand, hollow or flat of the hand. |