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Forכִּיyou do notלֹאdelightתַחְפֹּץin sacrifice,זֶבַחor I would give it;וְאֶתֵּנָהin burnt offeringעוֹלָהyou do notלֹאtake pleasure.תִרְצֶה
Psalms 51:16
Study it in the app“For you do not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; in burnt offering you do not take pleasure.”
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With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 51:16, word by word
- delightתַחְפֹּץtachpots
delight in
To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.
Where else “tachpots” appears- in sacrificeזֶבַחzevach
sacrifice
An animal offered to God and eaten together.
Where else “zevach” appears- or I would give itאֶתֵּנָהetena
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “etena” appears- in burnt offeringעוֹלָהola
burnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “ola” appears- take pleasureתִרְצֶהtirtse
take pleasure
To look on someone with pleasure.
Where else “tirtse” appears
The context
15Adonai, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
16 · This verse (above)
17The sacrifices of Elohim are a broken spirit; a broken and crushed heart, Elohim, you will not despise.