Psalms 26:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶרְחַ֣ץ בְּנִקָּי֣וֹן כַּפָּ֑י וַאֲסֹבְבָ֖ה אֶת־מִזְבַּחֲךָ֣ יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

ʾErḥaṣ in-niqqāyôn kappāy and-ʾăsōḇəḇâh ʾeṯ-mizbaḥăḵā YHWH.

Grammar Details

• *ʾErḥaṣ*: qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will wash
• *niqqāyôn*: noun - cleanness/innocence
• *kappāy*: dual noun with 1st person singular suffix - my hands/palms
• *ʾăsōḇəḇâh*: piel imperfect/cohortative 1st person singular - I will go around/encircle
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *mizbaḥăḵā*: noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your altar
• *YHWH*: divine name - LORD

Word Meanings

• *ʾErḥaṣ*: I will wash/I shall wash
• *niqqāyôn*: cleanness/innocence/purity
• *kappāy*: my hands/my palms
• *ʾăsōḇəḇâh*: I will go around/I will encircle/I may go about

Referenced Verses

• Ps 73:13 : 13 Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart, And washed my hands in innocency;
• Exod 30:19-20 : 19 And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: 20 when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
• Ps 43:4 : 4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, Unto God my exceeding joy; And upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God.
• Ps 24:4 : 4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood, And hath not sworn deceitfully.
• Isa 1:16-18 : 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
• Mal 2:11-13 : 11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god. 12 Jehovah will cut off, to the man that doeth this, him that waketh and him that answereth, out of the tents of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto Jehovah of hosts. 13 And this again ye do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand.
• Matt 5:23-24 : 23 If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, 24 leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
• 1 Cor 11:28-29 : 28 But let a man prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread, and drink of the cup. 29 For he that eateth and drinketh, {G371} eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the {G2962} body.
• 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 I desire therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and disputing.
• Titus 3:5 : 5 not by works [done] in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
• Heb 10:19-22 : 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 and [having] a great priest over the house of God; 22 let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water,