Hebrew · H6663, H4480 · unreviewed

צָדְקָה מִמֶּנִּי

To be (causatively, make ) right (in a moral or forensic sense) · properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

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צָדַק H6663 to be (causatively, make ) right (in a moral or forensic sense)
Pronunciation ṣāḏaq
Judicial vindication and moral rightness merge: to be declared innocent or to establish justice through forensic acquittal.
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מִן H4480 properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
Pronunciation min
Marks separation or extraction from a source, originating point, or partitive relation across spatial, temporal, causal domains.
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What does צָדְקָה מִמֶּנִּי (tsadeqah mimmeni) mean in the Bible?

צָדַק · מִן is a Hebrew word meaning "she is more righteous than I".

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Meaning

she is more righteous than I
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 20×
Imperfect Job 4:17 · Job 9:2 · Job 11:2 · Job 15:14 · Job 25:4 · Ps 143:2 · Isa 43:26 · Job 22:3 · Job 40:8 · Ps 51:6 · Job 9:20 · Job 13:18 · Ezek 16:52 · Isa 45:25 14×
Perfect Job 9:15 · Job 34:5 · Job 33:12 · Job 35:7 · Gen 38:26 · Ps 19:10
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action
Imperfect Exod 23:7 · Job 27:5 · Isa 53:11
Participle active Isa 5:23 · Prov 17:15
Sequential imperfect Ps 82:3
Hithpael reflexive or reciprocal — the subject acts on itself or mutually with others
Imperfect Gen 44:16
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action
Perfect Jer 3:11
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