Psalm 51:7

 Psalm 51:7

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

a. NASB 1995: Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.  [New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.]

b. NKJV: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.  [Scripture quotations marked "NKJV" are taken from the New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.] 

c. Classic Amplified: Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean [ceremonially]; wash me, and I shall [in reality] be whiter than snow.  [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

d. Tehillim/Psalms [Because the first three verses of Psalm 51 in the Jewish Bible is one verse, verse 7 in our Bible is verse 9 in the Jewish Bible.]: Purge me with hyssop and I shall be pure, cleanse  me and I shall be whiter than snow.  [THE ARTSCROLL TANACH SERIES TEHILLIM / PSALMS PERSONAL SIZE EDITION VOL.1, VOL. II, VOL. III, VOL. IV, VOL. V. Ⓒ Copyright 1977, 1985, 1996 by MESORAH PUBLICATIONS, Ltd.]

e. ESV: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.  [Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.]

f. Unless otherwise stated, all Greek and Hebrew definitions are from Blue Letter Bible

1. “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.”

a. Purge [me] [Strong: 2398 châṭâʼ, khaw-taw'; a primitive root; properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn:—bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.]

b. [with] hyssop [Strong: 231 ʼêzôwb, ay-zobe'; probably of foreign derivation; hyssop:—hyssop.]

c. [and i shall be] clean [Strong: 2891 ṭâhêr, taw-hare'; a primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. (by implication) to be pure (physical sound, clear, unadulterated; Levitically, uncontaminated; morally, innocent or holy):—be (make, make self, pronounce) clean, cleanse (self), purge, purify(-ier, self).]

d. wash [me] [Strong: 3526 kâbaç, kaw-bas'; a primitive root; to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative:—fuller, wash(-ing).]

e. [and I shall be] whiter [Strong: 3835 lâban, law-ban'; a primitive root; also as denominative from H3843 to be (or become) white; to make bricks:—make brick, be (made, make) white(-r).]

f. [then] snow [Strong: 7950 sheleg, sheh'-leg; from H7949; snow (probably from its whiteness):—snow(-y).]