Hebrew Interlinear

Psalms 51:4 Interlinear

Against thee thee only have I sinned this evil in thy sight and done that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest and be clear when thou judgest

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1לְךָ֤H0
2לְבַדְּךָ֙׀H905properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with preposit
3חָטָאתִי֮H2398Against thee thee only have I sinnedproperly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
4וְהָרַ֥עH7451this evilbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
5בְּעֵינֶ֗יךָH5869in thy sightan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
6עָ֫שִׂ֥יתִיH6213and doneto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
7לְ֭מַעַןH4616properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
8תִּצְדַּ֥קH6663that thou mightest be justifiedto be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
9בְּדָבְרֶ֗ךָH1696when thou speakestperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
10תִּזְכֶּ֥הH2135and be clearto be translucent; figuratively, to be innocent
11בְשָׁפְטֶֽךָ׃H8199when thou judgestto judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal

Verse Context

Psalms 51:3 my transgressions For I acknowledge and my sin ...
Psalms 51:4 (current) Against thee thee only have I sinned this evil in thy sight and done that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest and be clear when thou judgest
Psalms 51:5 in iniquity Behold I was shapen and in sin conceive did my mother...

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