Lexical Definition

‎שָׁחַט‎ shâchaṭ (shaw-khat') to slaughter ^H:V
a primitive root

kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.

• to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)

v
1) to kill, slaughter, beat
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to slaughter
1a1a) beast for food
1a1b) sacrifice
1a1c) person in human sacrifice
1a1d) beaten, hammered (of shekels)
1b) (Niphal) to be slaughtered, be slain (of food or sacrifice)
n f
2) (BDB) slaughtering
2a) word doubtful

See Greek: σφάζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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 Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Jer 39:6 +, suffix ‎וּשְׁחָטוֺ‎ consecutive Lev 3:2, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשְׁחַט‎ Lev 4:24 +, 2 feminine singular ‎וַתִּשְׁחֲטִי‎ Ezek 16:21, 3 masculine plural suffix ‎וַיִּשְׁחָט֫וּהוּ‎ Judg 12:6 Imperative masculine plural ‎שַׁחֲטוּ‎ Exod 12:21; 2Chr 35:6 Infinitive absolute ‎שָׁחֹט‎ Isa 22:13 construct ‎לִשְׁחֹט‎ Gen 22:10, ‎וֺט‎- Ezek 40:39, suffix ‎שַׁחֲטָם‎ (Ges^{«GKC:64a»§ 64a}) Ezek 23:39 Participle active ‎שׁוֺחֵט‎ Isa 66:3, etc.; passive ‎שָׁחוּט‎ 1Kgs 10:16 +, etc.; — slaughter:

1. beast for food 1Sam 14:32; 1Sam 14:34 (twice in verse); Isa 22:13 (|| ‎הָרַג‎), compare Lev 17:3 (twice in verse), for blood Gen 37:31 (E).

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

3. slaughter person Judg 12:6; 1Kgs 18:40; 2Kgs 10:7; 2Kgs 10:14 (‎אֶל‎ location), 2Kgs 25:7 = Jer 39:6a = Jer 52:10a, Jer 39:6b = ‎׳‎‎י‎ subject Num 14:16 (JE); in human sacrifice Gen 22:10 (E), to false gods Ezek 16:21; Ezek 23:39; Isa 57:5.

4. passive participle = beaten, hammered, ‎זָהָב שָׁחוּט‎ 1Kgs 10:16; 1Kgs 10:17 = 2Chr 9:15a 2Chr 9:16, of shekels 2Chr 9:15 so also Jer 9:7* Qr ‎חֵץשָׁחוּט‎ (> Kt ‎שׁוֺחֵט‎) hammered (i.e. sharpened) arrow. Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִשָּׁחֵט‎ Num 11:22 (J) be slaughtered for food (subject beast); 3 feminine singular ‎תִּשָּׁחֵט‎ Lev 6:18* (twice in verse) (P) be slain, of sacrifice.

‎שְׁחֲטָה‎ noun feminine (Qal Infinitive construct Kö^{i. 263}) doubtful word; — ‎שֵׂטִים הֶעְמִיקוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎וְשׁ‎ Hos 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 Isa 37:30 = ‎סָחִישׁ‎ (in || 2Kgs 19:29), q. v.

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