Micah

Micah 6:7

⁷Would 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?

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Would the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
be pleased	הֲיִרְצֶ֤ה	hă·yir·ṣeh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7521 be pleased with, accept favourably
with thousands	בְּאַלְפֵ֣י	bə·’al·p̄ê	Preposition-b; Number - masculine plural construct	H505 thousand
of rams	אֵילִ֔ים	’ê·lîm	Noun - masculine plural	H352 ram
with ten thousand	בְּרִֽבְב֖וֹת	bə·riḇ·ḇō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Number - feminine plural construct	H7233 multitude, myriad, ten thousand
rivers	נַֽחֲלֵי־	na·ḥă·lê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H5158 torrent, torrent-valley, wady
of oil	שָׁ֑מֶן	šā·men	Noun - masculine singular	H8081 fat, oil
Shall I present	הַאֶתֵּ֤ן	ha·’et·tên	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H5414 give, put, set
my firstborn	בְּכוֹרִי֙	bə·ḵō·w·rî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1060 first-born
for my transgression	פִּשְׁעִ֔י	piš·‘î	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H6588 transgression
the fruit	פְּרִ֥י	pə·rî	Noun - masculine singular construct	H6529 fruit
of my body	בִטְנִ֖י	ḇiṭ·nî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H990 belly, body, womb
the sin	חַטַּ֥את	ḥaṭ·ṭaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H2403 offence, penalty, occasion
of my soul	נַפְשִֽׁי׃	nap̄·šî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

2 Kings 16:3 · Psalm 51:16 · 1 Samuel 15:22 · Hosea 6:6 · Psalm 50:9 · Jeremiah 7:31 · 2 Kings 3:27 · 2 Kings 21:6 · 2 Kings 23:10 · Leviticus 18:21 · Isaiah 40:16

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.