רָצָה

But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.

Genesis 33:10

• וַתִּרְצֵֽנִי׃vatirtzeniHc/Vqw2ms/Sp1bstagged: and you have accepted favorably me

He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

Leviticus 1:4

• וְנִרְצָ֥הvenirtzahHc/VNq3mstagged: and it will be accepted

If any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.

Leviticus 7:18

• יֵרָצֶה֒yeratzehverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be accepted

If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is tainted and will not be accepted.

Leviticus 19:7

• יֵרָצֶֽה׃yeratzehverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be accepted

You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.

Leviticus 22:23

• יֵרָצֶֽה׃yeratzehverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be accepted

Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”

Leviticus 22:25

• יֵרָצ֖וּyeratzuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be accepted

“When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as an offering made by fire to the LORD.

Leviticus 22:27

• יֵרָצֶ֕הyeratzehverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be accepted

Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.

Leviticus 26:34

• תִּרְצֶ֨הtirtzehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will accept
• וְהִרְצָ֖תvehirtzatHc/Vhq3fstagged: and it will accept

and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,

Leviticus 26:41

• יִרְצ֥וּyirtzuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will accept

For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.

Leviticus 26:43

• וְתִ֣רֶץvetiretzconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and it may accept
• יִרְצ֣וּyirtzuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will accept

Bless his substance, O LORD, and accept the work of his hands. Smash the loins of those who rise against him, and of his foes so they can rise no more.”

Deuteronomy 33:11

• תִּרְצֶ֑הtirtzehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will be pleased with

And concerning Asher he said: “May Asher be the most blessed of sons; may he be the most favored among his brothers and dip his foot in oil.

Deuteronomy 33:24

• רְצוּי֙retzuiverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: favored of

But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?

1 Samuel 29:4

• יִתְרַצֶּ֥הyitratzehverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he make himself acceptable

O king, Araunah gives all these to the king.” He also said to the king, “May the LORD your God accept you.”

2 Samuel 24:23

• יִרְצֶֽךָ׃yirtzekhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: may he accept favorably you

Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:4

• רָצָ֔הratzahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he took pleasure

Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:

1 Chronicles 29:3

• בִּרְצוֹתִי֙birtzotipreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: because delight I

I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.

1 Chronicles 29:17

• תִּרְצֶ֑הtirtzehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you are pleased with

They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

2 Chronicles 10:7

• וּרְצִיתָ֔םuretzitamHc/Vqq2ms/Sp3mptagged: and you will be favorable to them

So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.

2 Chronicles 36:21

• רָצְתָ֥הratzetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has accepted

For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.

Esther 10:3

• וְרָצ֖וּיveratzuiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: and was acceptable

look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.

Job 14:6

• יִ֝רְצֶ֗הyirtzehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he takes pleasure in

His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.

Job 20:10

• יְרַצּ֣וּyeratzuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will seek favor of

He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.

Job 33:26

• וַיִּרְצֵ֗הוּvaiyirtzehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he accepted him

For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’

Job 34:9

• בִּ֝רְצֹת֗וֹbirtzotopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: when is pleased he

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.

Psalms 40:13

• רְצֵ֣הretzehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: be pleased

For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.

Psalms 44:3

• רְצִיתָֽם׃retzitamverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: you took pleasure in them

This is the fate of the self-confident and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah

Psalms 49:13

• יִרְצ֣וּyirtzuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they take delight

When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

Psalms 50:18

• וַתִּ֣רֶץvatiretzHc/Vqw2mstagged: and you were pleased

For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.

Psalms 51:16

• תִרְצֶֽה׃tirtzehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you are pleased with

They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah

Psalms 62:4

• יִרְצ֪וּyirtzuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are pleased with

“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?

Psalms 77:7

• לִרְצ֣וֹתlirtzotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to show favor

You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.

Psalms 85:1

• רָצִ֣יתָratzitaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you showed favor to

For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

Psalms 102:14

• רָצ֣וּratzuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they take pleasure in

Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.

Psalms 119:108

• רְצֵה־retzeh-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: accept

He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legpower of the man.

Psalms 147:10

• יִרְצֶֽה׃yirtzehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he takes pleasure

The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.

Psalms 147:11

• רוֹצֶ֣הrotzehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: taking pleasure in

For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.

Psalms 149:4

• רוֹצֶ֣הrotzehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: taking pleasure

for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.

Proverbs 3:12

• יִרְצֶֽה׃yirtzehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is pleased with

When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.

Proverbs 16:7

• בִּרְצ֣וֹתbirtzotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when is pleased with

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

Ecclesiastes 9:7

• רָצָ֥הratzahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has taken pleasure in

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

Isaiah 40:2

• נִרְצָ֖הnirtzahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has been accepted

“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.

Isaiah 42:1

• רָצְתָ֣הratzetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is pleased with

This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their guilt and call their sins to account.”

Jeremiah 14:10

• רָצָ֔םratzamverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: he has accepted them

Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”

Jeremiah 14:12

• רֹצָ֑םrotzamverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: accepting them

For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.

Ezekiel 20:40

• אֶרְצֵ֔םʾertzemverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: I will accept them

When I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations.

Ezekiel 20:41

• אֶרְצֶ֣הʾertzehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will accept

At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’”

Ezekiel 43:27

• וְרָצִ֣אתִיveratzitiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will accept

Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.

Hosea 8:13

• רָצָ֑םratzamverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: he is pleased with them

Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.

Amos 5:22

• אֶרְצֶ֑הʾertzehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will accept

Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Micah 6:7

• הֲיִרְצֶ֤הhayirtzehquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ¿ will he take pleasure

Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.

Haggai 1:8

• וְאֶרְצֶה־veertzeh-HC/Vqu1cstagged: so I may take pleasure

When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 1:8

• הֲיִרְצְךָ֙hayirtzekhaquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: ¿ will he be pleased with you

“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.

Malachi 1:10

• אֶרְצֶ֥הʾertzehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will accept

You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.

Malachi 1:13

• הַאֶרְצֶ֥הhaertzehquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: ¿ will I accept