Lexical Summary zabach: to slaughter for sacrifice Original Word: זָבַחTransliteration: zabach Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-bakh') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to slaughter for sacrifice Meaning: to slaughter for sacrifice Strong's Concordance kill, offer, do sacrifice, slay A primitive root; to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice) -- kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay. Brown-Driver-Briggs H2076. zabach זָבַח134 verb slaughter for sacrifice (Late Hebrew id., Phoenician זבח; Assyrian Zibû DlPr 174 compare LotzTP 174; Arabic , Sabean דֿבח CISiv. 1, 2, No. 74 l. 11. 12; Aramaic דְּבַח, , Ethiopic ) Qal112 Perfect ׳ז 1 Kings 8:63; 13:2, זָבַחְתָּ Exodus 20:24 3t., זָבַחְתִּי Ezekiel 39:19, זָָֽבְחוּ Exodus 34:15; Leviticus 17:5, זְבַחְתֶּם Exodus 8:24, זָבַחְנוּ 8:23; Imperfect וַיִּזְבַּח Genesis 31:54 14t.; 2 masculine singular suffix תִּזְבָּחֶנּוּ Deuteronomy 15:21, 2feminine singular suffix וַתִּזְבָּחִים Ezekiel 16:20, 1singular אֶזְבַּח Psalm 116:17, אֶזְבְּחָה 27:6; Psalm 54:8; Jonah 2:10; 2masculine plural תִּזְבְּחוּ Leviticus 19:5 2t., תִּזְבָּ֑חוּ 22:29 2t.; 1 plural נִזְבְּחָה Exodus 3:18 +, etc. (61 t. Imperfect); Imperative זְבַח Psalm 50:14, זִבְחוּ Exodus 8:21; Psalm 4:6; Infinitive construct זְבֹחַ 1 Samuel 15:15 14t., לִזְבּוֺחַ2 Chronicles 11:16, בְּזָבְחוֺ 2 Samuel 15:12; Participle active זֹבֵחַ Exodus 13:15 8t., זוֺבֵחַ Isaiah 66:3, plural זֹבְחִים Leviticus 17:5 + (20 t. Participle) — 1 slaughter for sacrifice 1 with accusative of a. kind of sacrifice ׳ז זֶבַח Genesis 31:54 +, מֶּסַח Deuteronomy 16:2, 5, 6, שְׁלָמְים 27:7; Joshua 8:31, תּוֺדָה Psalm 50:14; 50:23, ושׁלמים עֹלוֺת Exodus 20:24 (E). b. victims, (a) animals וָצאֹן בָּקָר 1 Kings 8:63; Numbers 22:40, ובקר צאן2 Chronicles 18:2, הַבְּרִיאָה Ezekiel 34:3, רֶחֶם כָּלמֶּֿטֶר Exodus 13:15 (J); וְאֵילִים מָּרִים 1 Chronicles 15:26, וָשֶׂה שׁוֺר Deuteronomy 17:1; (β) mankind וּבָנוֺת בָּנִים Psalm 106:37; Ezekiel 16:20, אָדָם זֹבְחֵי sacrificers of mankind Hosea 13:2 (so Ra AE Hi Wü MV; men that sacrifice AV RV after Ki, so Pu Ew Ke Now Che SS). c. מִצְרַיִם תּוֺעֲבַת Exodus 8:22 (twice in verse) (E), מָשְׁחָת Malachi 1:14. 2 absolute 1 Samuel 1:5 +? 3 with לְ of deity, לְדָגוֺן Judges 16:23, לַשְּׂעִירִם Leviticus 17:7 (H), לַשֵּׁדִים Deuteronomy 32:17; Psalm 106:37; other gods Exodus 34:15 (JE) +; but usually ליהוה 3:18 9t. J E, Leviticus 17:5; 19:5; 22:29 (all H, not elsewhere in P), Deuteronomy 15:21; 16:2; 17:1; 1 Samuel 1:3 +; אָבִיו לֵאלֹהֵי Genesis 46:1 (E), לאלהים Psalm 50:14, לאדני Malachi 1:14. 4 with local prep. בְּ Genesis 31:54 (E) +, עַל Exodus 20:24 (E) +; לפני Leviticus 9:4 (P) +, השׂדה פני על 17:5 (H). II. slaughter for eating (connected also with sacrifice, as all eating of flesh among ancient Hebrews was sacrificial, RSSemitic 219) 1 Samuel 28:24 (fat calf for Saul), Ezekiel 34:3 (fat sheep for shepherds), 2 Chronicles 18:2 (sheep and oxen for Jehoshaphat, with לְ of person); compare Deuteronomy 12:15 12:21 (absolute), 1 Kings 19:21. III. slaughter in divine judgment Ezekiel 39:17-19 with accusative זִבְחִי (Gog and Magog as feast for vultures), 1 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 23:20 (priests of high-places on their own altars). Pi`el22 Perfect זִבַּח2 Chronicles 33:22, זִבְּחוּ Psalm 106:38, זִבֵּ֑חוּ Hosea 12:12; Imperfect יְזַבֵּחַ Habakkuk 1:16, יְזַבֵּ֑חוּ Hosea 4:13-14, 11:2 (7 t. Imperfect); Infinitive construct לְֹזַבֵּחַ 1 Kings 12:32; Participle מְזַבֵּחַ 3:3, plural מְזַבְּחִים2 Chronicles 5:6 8t., מְזַבְּחוֺת 1 Kings 11:8; — sacrifice, 1 of the abundant sacrifices made to Yahweh by Solomon 1 Kings 8:5 2 Chronicles 5:6, and Hezekiah 30:22, and probably intensive; but 2 elsewhere of sacrifice to other deities, possibly iterative in some cases, but certainly not in all: לַבְּעָלִים Hosea 11:2, לֵאלֹהֵיהֶן 1 Kings 11:8, לַעֲגָלִים 12:32, לְחֶרְמוֺ Habakkuk 1:16, כְנָ֑עַן לַעֲצַבֵּי Psalm 106:38, דַּרְמֶשֶׂק לֵאלֹהֵי2 Chronicles 28:23, לְכָלהַֿמְּסִילִים33:22; or in unlawful places הֶהָרִים עַלרָֿאשֵׁי Hosea 4:13 compare 4:14, בַּגִּלְגָּל 12:12, בַּבָּמוֺת 1 Kings 3:2-3, 22:44; 2 Kings 12:4; 14:4; 15:4; 15:35, 16:4 2 Chronicles 28:4. It is used without direct object Hosea 4:14 and often; also with accusative of victim שְׁוָרִים 12:12 וּבָקָר צאֹן 1 Kings 8:5 2 Chronicles 5:6; sons and daughters Psalm 106:38, שְׁלָמִים זִבְחֵי2 Chronicles 30:22. |