Lexical Definition

‎פֶּסַח‎ peçach (peh'-sakh) Passover ^H:N-M
from ‎פָּסַח‎

passover (offering).

• a pretermission, i.e. exemption
• used only techically of the Jewish Passover (the festival or the victim)

1) passover
1a) sacrifice of passover
1b) animal victim of the passover
1c) festival of the passover

See Greek: πάσχα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פֶּ֫סַח‎ noun masculine passover (usually (Thes and most) from I. ‎פסח‎, with reference to Exod 12:13 etc.; Reuss^{Geschichte. AT § 58} passing over into new year; Schaefer^{Passah-Mazzoth (1900), 346} compare Assyrian pašâ—u, soothe, placate [deity], < be soothed, Pi`el transitive, Jen^{ZA iv (1889), 275} Zim^{Babylonian Rel. i (1896). Glossary}; ii (1899), 92; Schw^{Idiot, 124} from II. ‎פסח‎, of sacred dance); — absolute ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Exod 12:11 +; ‎פָּ֑סַח‎ vExod 12:21 +; plural ‎פְּסָחִים‎ 2Chr 30:17 + 3 t.; —

1. sacrifice of Passover, involving communion-meal, hence a species of peace-offering (compare I. ‎זֶבַח‎ II. 2), ‎׳‎‎הוא לי‎ ‎׳‎‎זֶבַח פ‎ Exod 12:27 (J), compare vExod 12:11 (P); ‎׳‎‎זָבַח פ‎ Deut 16:2; Deut 16:5; Deut 16:6 ‎׳‎‎אבל הפ‎ 2Chr 30:18 the special feature lay in the application of blood to homes to consecrate them: compare simile Babylonian rite of purification Zim^{ib. ii. 126-7.}

2. the animal victim of the passover: ‎׳‎‎שׁחט פ‎ Exod 12:21 (J) 2Chr 30:15; 2Chr 35:1; 2Chr 35:6; 2Chr 35:11; Ezra 6:20, compare 2Chr 30:17 ‎באשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎בשׁל הפ‎ 2Chr 35:13 ‎לפסחים‎ 2Chr 35:7; 2Chr 35:8; 2Chr 35:9. [Passover animals (compare Br^Hex.206) were ‎צאֹן‎ flock Exod 12:21 (J), ‎שֶׁה‎ vExod 12:3 vExod 12:4 vExod 12:5, including ‎כֶּבֶשׁ‎ and ‎עֵז‎ vExod 12:5 (P); ‎צאן ובקר‎ Deut 16:2 large numbers of all these (‎שֶׂה‎ not used) in Josiah's Passover, active to 2Chr 35:7; 2Chr 35:8; 2Chr 35:9, but evident mingling of whole burnt-offerings for the passover with special passover victim.]

3. festival of the passover : ‎׳‎‎חג הפ‎ Exod 34:25 (J); ‎׳‎‎(ה)פ‎ Lev 23:5; Num 28:16; Num 33:3; Josh 5:11 (P) Ezek 45:21 ‎׳‎‎חֻקַּת הפ‎ Exod 12:43; Num 9:12; Num 9:14 (P); ‎׳‎‎עשׂה פ‎ Exod 12:48; Num 9:2; Num 9:4; Num 9:5; Num 9:6; Num 9:10; Num 9:13; Num 9:14; Josh 5:10 (P) Deut 16:1; 2Kgs 23:21; 2Kgs 23:22; 2Kgs 23:23; 2Chr 30:1; 2Chr 30:2; 2Chr 30:5; 2Chr 35:1; 2Chr 35:16; 2Chr 35:17; 2Chr 35:18 (twice in verse); 2Chr 35:19; Ezra 6:19 it was held in month ‎הָאָבִיב‎ Deut 16:1, ‎בָּעָ֑רֶב‎ vDeut 16:6 on 14th day Josh 5:10 (P), of 1st month Ezek 45:21 ‎בֵּין הערבים‎ (Exod 12:6) Lev 23:5; Num 9:5 (P); if impossible at that time, then on 14th of 2nd month Num 9:10; Num 9:12. [No reference to ‎פֶּסַח‎ in E; J subordinates it to ‎מַצּוֺת‎ (the great feast of J E); in D it predominates over ‎מצות‎; P makes it first in importance (Br^Hex.195f.)].]

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