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H2873 טָבַח (ṭâbach) taw-bakh'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to slaughter (animals or men)

KJV Usage: kill, (make) slaughter, slay

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

טָבַח (ta.vach) — to slaughter. 1) to slaughter, slay, butcher, kill ruthlessly 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to slaughter, butcher 1a2) to slay, kill ruthlessly (fig.)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · טֶבַח · טַבָּח · טַבָּחָה · טִבְחָה · מַטְבֵּחַ

Dead | verb qal

to kill, to slaughter, to butcher = causative action by which humans kill an animal by slicing the jugular vein and windpipe with a sharp-bladed instrument ► to prepare its meat for a meal; ≈ associated with aggression

GEN 43:16 · EXO 21:37 · DEU 28:31 · 1SA 25:11 · PRO 9:2 · JER 11:19 · JER 25:34 · JER 51:40

Dead | verb qal | ≈ הרג · נפל

to slaughter, to kill, to butcher = causative action by which humans or deities kill other humans with a sharp-bladed instrument; ≈ associated with anger, power, callousness (of the killer), and helplessness (of the victim)

PSA 37:14 · LAM 2:21 · EZK 21:15

Timothy L. Wilt; Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[טָבַח] vb. slaughter, butcher, slay base

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