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To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. (KJV)
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לָמָּה\־la.mah-<to> why?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Isaiah 1:11 word 1
רֹב\־rov-[the] multitude of
Lemma: רֹב (rov) · Strong's: H7230
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: abundance
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 16:10, Genesis 27:28, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 48:16, Exodus 15:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7230; TAHOT Isaiah 1:11 word 2
זִבְחֵיכֶם֙ziv.chei.Khemsacrifices your
Lemma: זֶ֫בַח (ze.vach) · Strong's: H2077
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: sacrifice
Used 162 times. Also: Genesis 31:54, Genesis 46:1, Exodus 10:25, Exodus 12:27, Exodus 18:12, Exodus 23:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2077; TAHOT Isaiah 1:11 word 3
יֹאמַ֣רyo.Marhe says
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Isaiah 1:11 word 4
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Isaiah 1:11 word 5
שָׂבַ֛עְתִּיsa.Va'.tiI have been surfeited
Lemma: שָׂבֵעַ (sa.va) · Strong's: H7646
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to satisfy
Used 97 times. Also: Exodus 16:8, Exodus 16:12, Leviticus 26:26, Deuteronomy 6:11, Deuteronomy 8:10, Deuteronomy 8:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7646; TAHOT Isaiah 1:11 word 6
עֹל֥וֹתo.Lotburnt offerings of
Lemma: עֹלָה (o.lah) · Strong's: H5930A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: burnt offering
Used 286 times. Also: Genesis 8:20, Genesis 22:2, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:7, Genesis 22:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5930A; TAHOT Isaiah 1:11 word 7
אֵילִ֖ים'ei.Limrams
Lemma: אַ֫יִל (a.yil) · Strong's: H0352A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: ram
Used 156 times. Also: Genesis 15:9, Genesis 22:13, Genesis 31:38, Genesis 32:14, Exodus 25:5, Exodus 26:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0352A; TAHOT Isaiah 1:11 word 8
וְחֵ֣לֶבve.Che.levand [the] fat of
Lemma: חֵ֫לֶב (che.lev) · Strong's: H2459
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: fat
Used 92 times. Also: Genesis 4:4, Genesis 45:18, Exodus 23:18, Exodus 29:13, Exodus 29:22, Leviticus 3:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2459; TAHOT Isaiah 1:11 word 9
מְרִיאִ֑יםme.ri.'Imfatlings
Lemma: מְרִיא (me.ri) · Strong's: H4806
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: fatling
Used 8 times. Also: 2 Samuel 6:13, 1 Kings 1:9, 1 Kings 1:19, 1 Kings 1:25, Isaiah 11:6, Ezekiel 39:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4806; TAHOT Isaiah 1:11 word 10
וְדַ֨םve.Damand [the] blood of
Lemma: דָּם (dam) · Strong's: H1818
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: blood
Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1818; TAHOT Isaiah 1:11 word 11
פָּרִ֧יםpa.Rimbulls
Lemma: פַּר (par) · Strong's: H6499
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: bullock
Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 32:15, Exodus 24:5, Exodus 29:1, Exodus 29:3, Exodus 29:10, Exodus 29:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6499; TAHOT Isaiah 1:11 word 12
וּכְבָשִׂ֛יםu.khe.va.Simand lambs
Lemma: כֶּ֫בֶשׂ (ke.ve.s) · Strong's: H3532
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: lamb
Used 107 times. Also: Exodus 12:5, Exodus 29:38, Exodus 29:39, Exodus 29:40, Exodus 29:41, Leviticus 4:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3532; TAHOT Isaiah 1:11 word 13
וְעַתּוּדִ֖יםve.'a.tu.Dimand goats
Lemma: עַתּוּד (at.tud) · Strong's: H6260
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: goat
Used 29 times. Also: Genesis 31:10, Genesis 31:12, Numbers 7:17, Numbers 7:23, Numbers 7:29, Numbers 7:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6260; TAHOT Isaiah 1:11 word 14
לֹ֥אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Isaiah 1:11 word 15
חָפָֽצְתִּי\׃cha.Fa.tze.tiI am pleased
Lemma: חָפֵץ (cha.phets) · Strong's: H2654A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to delight in
Used 73 times. Also: Genesis 34:19, Numbers 14:8, Deuteronomy 21:14, Deuteronomy 25:7, Deuteronomy 25:8, Judges 13:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2654A; TAHOT Isaiah 1:11 word 16
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| What [good] | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| to Me | → | |
| [is] your multitude | → | רֹב H7230 abundance |
| of sacrifices | → | זֶ֫בַח H2077 sacrifice |
| says | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| I am full | → | שָׂבֵעַ H7646 to satisfy |
| from the burnt offerings | → | עֹלָה H5930A burnt offering |
| of rams | → | אַ֫יִל H0352A ram |
| and the fat | → | חֵ֫לֶב H2459 fat |
| of well-fed cattle | → | מְרִיא H4806 fatling |
| I take no delight | → | חָפֵץ H2654A to delight in |
| in the blood | → | דָּם H1818 blood |
| of bulls | → | פַּר H6499 bullock |
| and lambs | → | כֶּ֫בֶשׂ H3532 lamb |
| and goats | → | עַתּוּד H6260 goat |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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