Proverbs 20:9:4Prov.20.9.W4TAB
טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּי
tahareti
“I am pure”
- Transliteration
- ta-HA-re-ti
- Extended
- taa-HAH-reh-tih
- IPA
- /taː.ˈhar.ti/
Meaning by language
- English
- I am pure
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
ta-HA-re-ti
- clause
ta-HA-re-ti me-khat-TA-ti
- sentence
mi-yo-MAR zik-KI-ti lib-BI ta-HA-re-ti me-khat-TA-ti
Exegesis
Two perfect verbs—Piel zikkiti {זִכִּיתִי | zîk-kî-tî} “I have made clean” and Qal taharti {טָהַרְתִּי | ṭa-har-tî} “I have purified”—appear without a conjunction, creating parallelism that highlights a self-proclaimed moral state.
In context — Proverbs 20:9
Who can assert, “I have cleansed my heart; I am pure from my sin?”
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:9:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 20:9, so the Hebrew word טָ֝הַ֗רְתִּי (tahareti) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.20.9.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.9.W4.S1) and character.