Lexical Definition

‎טֶבַח‎ ṭebach (teh'-bakh) slaughter ^H:N-M
from ‎טָבַח‎

[idiom] beast, slaughter, [idiom] slay, [idiom] sore.

• properly, something slaughtered
• hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered)
• abstractly butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter)

1) slaughter, slaughtering, animal
1a) slaughtering, slaughter (of animals)
1b) slaughter (fig.)

See Greek: σφάγιον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎טֶ֫בַח‎ noun masculine^{Isa 34:6} slaughtering, slaughter — absolute ‎׳‎‎ט‎ Gen 43:16 + 6 t.; ‎טָ֑בַח‎ Ezek 21:20* + 3 t.; suffix ‎טִבְחָהּ‎ Prov 9:2 —

1. slaughtering, slaughter, of animals for food; as accusative of congnate meaning with verb after ‎טָבַח‎ (q. v.) Gen 43:16 (J), Prov 9:2 ‎יוּבָ֑ל‎ ‎׳‎‎כַּשֶּׂה לַטּ‎ Isa 53:7, simile of suffering servant of ‎׳‎‎י‎; also Prov 7:22 simile of fatuousness of one following a strange woman, thoughtless of consequences; ‎׳‎‎יֵרְדוּ לַטּ‎ Jer 50:27 metaphor of Babylonian leaders, under figure of bullocks; so probably Jer 48:15, and perhaps ‎תִּכְרָ֑עוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎לַטּ‎ Isa 65:12.

2. in poetry figurative slaughter, to which the nations are given over by ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 34:2, specifically of Edom vIsa 34:6 (|| ‎זֶבַח‎; see ‎׳‎‎ז‎ 6); of Israel Ezek 21:20*, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb after ‎טָבַח‎ v.Ezek 21:15* of Ammon v.Ezek 21:33*.

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