Psalm 24/Notes/Phrasal.v. 4.925591
From Psalms: Layer by Layer
v. 4 – Both construct chains נְקִ֥י כַפַּ֗יִם וּֽבַר־לֵ֫בָ֥ב communicate a relationship of specification, i.e., with regard to (see GKC §128y: "clean as regards hands") ➞ "one with clean hands" (HALOT, 720). Compare, for example, נְֽשׂוּי־פֶּ֗שַׁע כְּס֣וּי חֲטָאָֽה "forgiven with regard to offense, covered with regard to sin" (Ps 32:1) and תְמִֽימֵי־דָ֑רֶךְ "blameless with regard to their way (Ps 119:1), among others.