H2141

זָכַךְ

za.khakhH:V

be clean

1) to be pure, be bright, be clean, be bright, clean 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be bright, be shining 1a2) to be clean, be pure 1b) (Hiphil) to cleanse, make cleanse, make clean

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[זָכַךְ] verb be bright, clean, pure (kindred with foregoing. Only Lamentations, Job) —

Qal Perfect only 3 masculine plural זַכּ֫וּ; —
1. be right, shining, figurative of splendour of nobles נְזִירִים מִשֶּׁלֶג ׳ז Lam 4:7 (|| מֵחָלָב צַחוּ).
2. be clean, pure in God's sight, of heavens Job 15:15, of stars Job 25:5 (|| יַאֲהִיל of moon; compare also יִזְכֶּה Job 15:14; Job 25:4). Hiph`il cleanse, only Perfect 1 singular וַהֲזִכּוֺתִי בְּבֹר כַּפָּֽי׃ Job 9:30, figurative of making morally spotless (|| הִתְרָחַצְתִּי).


4 occurrences

Job (3), Lamentations (1)