רָצָה râtsâh — to be pleased with
Translated in the KJV as accept, accomplish, set affection, approve, consent with, delight, enjoy, (be, have a) favour, like, observe, pardon.
a primitive root; to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt.
râtsâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 21Perfect (qatal) 9Infinitive construct 4Wayyiqtol 3Participle (active) 3Participle (passive) 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Imperative 2
And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
Niph'al
Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Perfect (qatal) 1
And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
Hiph'il
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
Hitpa'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?
Pi'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›