pure
bar describes an unblemished or clean quality, applied to teaching, inner character, and a physical setting.
The predominant use describes an unblemished quality in claims about teaching and personal character, including the heart and a woman praised in poetic language. One occurrence applies the term to a crib in a setting without cattle, where the precise contribution of the noun form is less clear from the translation.
Senses in use
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Unblemished quality in character and description · dominant
In Job 11:4, the masculine singular adjective occurs in the speaker's claim about his teaching and his standing before another; the APB renders the claim, "My teaching is pure, and I have been pure in your eyes." In Psalm 24:4 and Psalm 73:1, construct adjective forms qualify "palms" and those "in heart" in the APB's descriptions of innocence and Israel's recipients. The feminine singular adjective also occurs in Psalm 19:9 and Song of Songs 6:9, Song of Songs 6:10, where the APB respectively describes the LORD's fear as "clean" and portrays a woman in praise imagery.
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Clean or cleared condition of a crib · rare
In Proverbs 14:4, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the clause about a crib where there are no cattle; the APB renders, "Where there are no cattle the crib is pure." The surrounding contrast with abundant produce through an ox's strength presents a physical setting rather than a personal or inner quality.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses "pure" in Job 11:4, Proverbs 14:4, Psalm 24:4, Psalm 73:1, and Song of Songs 6:9, while Psalm 19:9 has "clean." In Song of Songs 6:10, the translation’s poetic question does not isolate an English rendering for the feminine adjective.