Hebrews 10:8
New Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;"
Word-by-Word Analysis
מַעַל
maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
זֶבַח
zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
מִנְחָה
minchâh
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
שָׂרַף
sâraph
to be (causatively, set) on fire
עֹלָה
ʻôlâh
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
מִנְחָה
minchâh
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
חַטָּאָה
chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
יֵשׁ
yêsh
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
הָיָה
hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
רָצָה
râtsâh
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt
שָׁם
shâm
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
עָלָה
ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
Key Terms in This Verse
הָיָה hâyâh
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
Study H1961 →יֵשׁ yêsh
there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
Study H3426 →עָלָה ʻâlâh
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
Study H5927 →זֶבַח zebach
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
Study H2077 →מַעַל maʻal
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
Study H4605 →עֹלָה ʻôlâh
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
Study H5930 →חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Study H2403 →Cross References
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and s...
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