Psalms

Psalm 40:6

⁶Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,

but my ears You have opened.^b

Burnt offerings and sin offerings

You did not require.

Footnotes

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Sacrifice	זֶ֤בַח	ze·ḇaḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H2077 sacrifice
and offering	וּמִנְחָ֨ה׀	ū·min·ḥāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H4503 gift, tribute, offering
You did not	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
desire	חָפַ֗צְתָּ	ḥā·p̄aṣ·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H2654 delight in
but my ears	אָ֭זְנַיִם	’ā·zə·na·yim	Noun - fd	H241 ear
You have opened	כָּרִ֣יתָ	kā·rî·ṯā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H3738 dig
Burnt offerings	עוֹלָ֥ה	‘ō·w·lāh	Noun - feminine singular	H5930 whole burnt-offering
and sin offerings	וַ֝חֲטָאָ֗ה	wa·ḥă·ṭā·’āh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H2401 sin, sin-offering (?)
You did not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
require	שָׁאָֽלְתָּ׃	šā·’ā·lə·tā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H7592 ask, inquire

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.