זָבַח 134 verb slaughter for sacrifice (Late Hebrew
id., Phoenician
זבח; Assyrian
Zibû Dl
Pr 174 compare Lotz
TP 174; Arabic
ذَبَحَ, Sabean
דֿבח CIS
iv. 1, 2, No. 74 l. 11. 12; Aramaic
H1684 דְּבַח,
OfbD, Ethiopic
ዘብሐ፡)
Qal112 Perfect ז׳ 1 Kings 8:63;
1 Kings 13:2,
זָבַחְתָּ Exodus 20:24 +
3 times,
זָבַחְתִּי Ezekiel 39:19,
וָֽבְחוּ Exodus 34:15;
Leviticus 17:5,
זְבַחְתֶּם Exodus 8:24,
זָבַחְנוּ Exodus 8:23;
Imperfect וַיִּזְבַּח Genesis 31:54 +
14 times;
2nd person masculine singular suffix
תִּזְבָּחֶנּוּ Deuteronomy 15:21,
2nd person feminine singular suffix
וַתִּזְבָּחִים Ezekiel 16:20,
1st person singular אֶזְבַּח Psalm 116:17,
אֶזְבְּחָה Psalm 27:6; Psalm 54:8;
Jonah 2:10;
2nd person masculine plural תִּזְבְּחוּ Leviticus 19:5 +
2 times,
תִּזְבָּ֑חוּ Leviticus 22:29 +
2 times;
1st person plural נִזְבְּחָה Exodus 3:18 +, etc. (
61 times Imperfect);
Imperative זְבַח Psalm 50:14,
זִבְחוּ Exodus 8:21;
Psalm 4:6;
Infinitive construct זְבֹחַ 1 Samuel 15:15 +
14 times,
לִזְבּוֺחַ 2 Chronicles 11:16,
בְּזָבְחוֺ 2 Samuel 15:12;
Participle active זֹבֵחַ Exodus 13:15 +
8 times,
זוֺבֵחַ Isaiah 66:3, plural
זֹבְחִים Leviticus 17:5 + (
20 times Participle) —
I. slaughter for sacrifice
1. with accusative of
b. victims,
(
β) mankind †
בָּנִים וּבָנוֺת Psalm 106:37;
Ezekiel 16:20, †
זֹבְחֵי אָדָם 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).
II. slaughter for eating (connected also with sacrifice, as all eating of flesh among ancient Hebrews was sacrificial, RS
Semitic 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 Deuteronomy 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. 22 Perfect זִבַּח 2 Chronicles 33:22,
זִבְּחוּ Psalm 106:38,
זִבֵּ֑חוּ Hosea 12:12;
Imperfect יְזַבֵּחַ Habakkuk 1:16,
יְזַבֵּ֑חוּ Hosea 4:13,
14;
Hosea 11:2 (
7 times Imperfect);
Infinitive construct לְֹזַבֵּחַ 1 Kings 12:32;
Participle מְזַבֵּחַ 1 Kings 3:3, plural
מְזַבְּחִים 2 Chronicles 5:6 +
8 times,
מְזַבְּחוֺת 1 Kings 11:8; —
sacrifice,
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 1 Kings 12:32,
לְחֶרְמוֺ Habakkuk 1:16,
לַעֲצַבֵּי כְנָ֑עַן Psalm 106:38,
לֵאלֹהֵי דַּרְמֶשֶׂק 2 Chronicles 28:23,
לְכָל־הַפְּסִילִים 2 Chronicles 33:22; or in unlawful places
עַלרָֿאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים Hosea 4:13 compare
Hosea 4:14,
בַּגִּלְגָּל Hosea 12:12,
בַּבָּמוֺת 1 Kings 3:2,
3;
1 Kings 22:44;
2 Kings 12:4;
2 Kings 14:4;
2 Kings 15:4;
2 Kings 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 Hosea 12:12 צאֹן וּבָקָר 1 Kings 8:5 2 Chronicles 5:6; sons and daughters
Psalm 106:38,
זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים 2 Chronicles 30:22.
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