how to say “clean,” both literally and proverbially

 

נָקִי

 

 
The Hebrew word for clean is נָקִי  listen and repeat, as in:
 
הַכּוֹס הַזֹּאת נְקִיָּה?
Is this cup clean?
 
The word also works in the proverbial sense, as in:
 
אַחֲרֵי תַּחְקִיר בֶּן שְׁמוֹנֶה שָׁעוֹת, הֻסַּק שֶׁהוּא נָקִי וְהוּא שֻׁחְרַר.
After an eight-hour investigation, he was deemed clean and released.

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