Lexicon
חַף
chaph
H2643
H:A Hebrew

clean

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chaph describes a speaker’s claim to be free from transgression and iniquity.

In Job 33:9, chaph occurs in a speaker’s self-description of being without transgression or iniquity; the verse supports a claim of personal moral cleanness.

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  1. Claimed freedom from wrongdoing · dominant

    In Job 33:9, the masculine singular absolute adjective stands in the speaker’s assertion about himself. The APB renders the verse, “I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and without iniquity,” confirming the clause’s claim of being free from wrongdoing.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 33:9, the APB presents the speaker’s claim with “pure” and “clean” alongside “without transgression” and “without iniquity.” The lemma’s precise English counterpart cannot be isolated with certainty.

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