רָצָהrâtsâh
be pleased with, accept favourably
Pronunciation: raw-tsaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7521
Meanings
Qal
1. be pleased with, favourable to
a. of God (Isaiah 42:1; Psalms 44:4; Psalms 147:11)
b. of men (Malachi 1:8; Proverbs 3:12; Genesis 33:10)
2. accept (2 Samuel 24:23; Hosea 8:13; Jeremiah 14:10)
3. be pleased
a. determined (Psalms 40:14)
4. make acceptable, satisfy (Leviticus 26:34; Leviticus 26:43; 2 Chronicles 36:21)
Niph`al
1. be accepted, passive of Qal 2 (Leviticus 1:4; Leviticus 22:25; Leviticus 22:23)
2. passive of Qal 4 (Isaiah 40:2)
Pi`el: seek the favour of the poor (Job 20:10)
Hiph`il: the land shall pay off her sabbaths (Leviticus 26:34)
Hithpa`el: shall he make himself acceptable unto, they shall not have delight. (1 Samuel 29:4; Hosea 4:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 56 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 33:10 But Jacob insisted, “No, if I have found favor with you, please accept this gift from me. And what a relief to see your friendly smile. It is like seeing the face of God!
- Leviticus 1:4 Lay your hand on the animal’s head, and the Lord will accept its death in your place to purify you, making you right with him.
- Leviticus 7:18 If any of the meat from the peace offering is eaten on the third day, the person who presented it will not be accepted by the Lord. You will receive no credit for offering it. By then the meat will be contaminated; if you eat it, you will be punished for your sin.
- Leviticus 19:7 If any of the sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it will be contaminated, and I will not accept it.
- Leviticus 22:23 If a bull or lamb has a leg that is too long or too short, it may be offered as a voluntary offering, but it may not be offered to fulfill a vow.
- Leviticus 22:25 and you must not accept such an animal from foreigners and then offer it as a sacrifice to your God. Such animals will not be accepted on your behalf, for they are mutilated or defective.”
See every passage
- Genesis 33:10
- Leviticus 1:4, 7:18, 19:7, 22:23, 22:25, 22:27, 26:34, 26:41, 26:43
- Deuteronomy 33:11, 33:24
- 1 Samuel 29:4
- 2 Samuel 24:23
- 1 Chronicles 28:4, 29:3, 29:17
- 2 Chronicles 10:7, 36:21
- Esther 10:3
- Job 14:6, 20:10, 33:26, 34:9
- Psalms 40:13, 44:3, 49:13, 50:18, 51:16, 62:4, 77:7, 85:1, 102:14, 119:108, 147:10, 147:11, 149:4
- Proverbs 3:12, 16:7
- Ecclesiastes 9:7
- Isaiah 40:2, 42:1
- Jeremiah 14:10, 14:12
- Ezekiel 20:40, 20:41, 43:27
- Hosea 8:13
- Amos 5:22
- Micah 6:7
- Haggai 1:8
- Malachi 1:8, 1:10, 1:13
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).