שָׁחַט verb slaughter, beat (originally beat, flay? compare Assyrian ša—â‰u, flay, take off dress; Arabic slay (but = —; is this loan-word in Arabic ?); Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew, especially in ritual); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ Jeremiah 39:6 +, suffix וּשְׁחָטוֺ consecutive Leviticus 3:2, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁחַט Leviticus 4:24 +, 2 feminine singular וַתִּשְׁחֲטִי Ezekiel 16:21, 3masculine plural suffix וַיִּשְׁחָט֫וּהוּ Judges 12:6; Imperative masculine plural שַׁחֲטוּ Exodus 12:21; 2Chronicles 35:6; Infinitive absolute שָׁחֹט Isaiah 22:13; construct לִשְׁחֹט Genesis 22:10, וֺט- Ezekiel 40:39, suffix שַׁחֲטָם (Ges^{§ 64a}) Ezekiel 23:39; Participle active שׁוֺחֵט Isaiah 66:3, etc.; passive שָׁחוּט 1 Kings 10:16 +, etc.; — slaughter:

1 beast for food 1 Samuel 14:32,34 (twice in verse); Isaiah 22:13 ("" הָרַג), compare Leviticus 17:3 (twice in verse), for blood Genesis 37:31 (E).

2 usually (51 t.; Hexateuch only P, 38 t.) technical term of killing sacrifice (BJacob^{ZAW xvii (1897), 5i}), 1 Samuel 1:25; Exodus 29:11; Leviticus 1:5,11; Leviticus 4:24; Leviticus 9:8; Numbers 19:3; 2Chronicles 29:22 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 29:24 +; absolute Ezekiel 40:41 (אֶל location); bird Leviticus 14:5,6,50,51; beast in illicit sacrifice Isaiah 66:3; with accusative of sacrifice (עוֺלָה, אָשָׁם, חַטָאת, etc.) Ezekiel 40:39 (אֶל location), Ezekiel 40:42; Ezekiel 44:11; Leviticus 4:24; Leviticus 7:2; Leviticus 14:13 +; passover lamb Exodus 12:6, accusative הַמֶּסַח Exodus 12:21; 2Chronicles 30:15; 35:1,6,11; Ezra 6:20.

3 slaughter person Judges 12:6; 1 Kings 18:40; 2 Kings 10:7,14 (אֶל location), 2 Kings 25:7 = Jeremiah 39:6a = Jeremiah 52:10a, Jeremiah 39:6b = Jeremiah 52:10b, 41:7; ׳י subject Numbers 14:16 (JE); in human sacrifice Genesis 22:10 (E), to false gods Ezekiel 16:21; Ezekiel 23:39; Isaiah 57:5.

4 passive participle = beaten, hammered, זָהָב שָׁחוּט 1 Kings 10:16,17 2Chronicles 9:15a 2 Chronicles 9:16, of shekels 2 Chronicles 9:15; so also Jeremiah 9:7 Qr חֵץשָׁחוּט (> Kt שׁוֺחֵט) hammered (i.e. sharpened) arrow.

Niph`al Imperfect3masculine singular יִשָּׁחֵט Numbers 11:22 (J) be slaughtered for food (subject beast); 3 feminine singular תִּשָּׁחֵט Leviticus 6:18 (twice in verse) (P) be slain, of sacrifice.

שְׁחֲטָה noun feminine (

Qal Infinitive construct Kö^{i. 263}) doubtful word; — שֵׂטִים הֶעְמִיקוּ ׳וְשׁ Hosea 5:2 RV (compare AV) the revolters are gone deep in slaughtering ['Opferschlächterei' Kö^{ii. 1. 590, n. 1}], Ew Now (formerly), Che in corrupting (read then שַׁחֲתָה); We Now GASm Marti שַׁחַת הַשִּׁטִּים have made deep the pit of Shittim (as place of idolatry).

שְׁחִין see שׁחן. שְׁחִיף see [ שָׂחִיף]. below,

שָׁחִיס Isaiah 37:30 = סָחִישׁ (in "" 2 Kings 19:29), q. v.

שׁחל (√ of following; Dl^Prol.34 compare Assyrian ša—âlu, call, proclaim; perhaps both onomatopoetic, as Arabic bray (of ass), compare Nö^{ZMG xi (1886), 725}).



kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter

A primitive root; to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre) -- kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.

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