STRONGS H2873:
Abbreviations
† [
טָבַח]
verb slaughter, butcher, slay (Late Hebrew
id. (rare) and derivatives; Phoenician
טבח participle; Assyrian
ṭabâḫu Asrb
Annals iii. 56; Aramaic
OfbJ,
טְבַח (rare) and derivatives; Arabic
طَبَغَ cook meat, also
bake bread; Ethiopic
ጠብሐ፡ slay) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix
וּטְבָחוֺ consecutive
Exodus 21:37;
3rd person feminine singular טָֽבְחָה Proverbs 9:2;
2nd person masculine singular טָבַחְתָּ Lamentations 2:21;
1st person singular טָבַחְתִּי 1 Samuel 25:11;
Imperative וּטְבֹחַ Genesis 43:16;
Infinitive construct טְבֹחַ Ezekiel 21:15;
לִטְבֿוֺחַ Psalm 37:14 +
3 times (so Baer; van d. H
לִטְבּוֺחַ, except
לִטְב֑וֺחַ Jeremiah 51:40);
Passive participle טָבוּחַ Deuteronomy 28:31; —
1. slaughter, butcher animals for food
Exodus 21:37 (E),
Proverbs 9:2 (figurative of Wisdom's furnishing her table); so with accusative of congnate meaning with verb
טֶבַח ט׳ Genesis 43:16 (J),
טִבְחָה ט׳ 1 Samuel 25:11; compare also
Deuteronomy 28:31, where punishment lies in fact that the owner does not eat of the slain ox;
כְּכֶשֶׂב אַלּוּף יוּבַל לִטְבֿ֑וֺחַ Jeremiah 11:19 like a mild lamb that is led to slaughter, simile of the prophet exposed to his enemies,
Jeremiah 51:40 simile of
י׳'s vengeance upon Babylon (see also
טֶבַח,
טִבְחָה),
Jeremiah 25:34 of kings and rulers, under figure of shepherds & choice sheep.
2. in poetry & figurative,
slay, kill ruthlessly, with accusative of person
Psalm 37:14; absolute
Lamentations 2:21(||
הָרַג; opposed to
חמל); with accusative of congnate meaning with verb
טֶבַח ט׳ Ezekiel 21:15 of a sword sharpened for the
slaughter of Israel in judgment.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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