זָבַח134 verb slaughter for sacrifice (Late Hebrew id., Phoenician זבח; Assyrian Zibû DlPr 174 compare LotzTP 174; Arabic , Sabean דֿבח CISiv. 1, 2, No. 74 l. 11. 12; Aramaic דְּבַח, , Ethiopic ) Qal112 Perfect ׳ז [1Kgs 8:63]; [1Kgs 13:2], זָבַחְתָּ [Exod 20:24] + 3 t., זָבַחְתִּי [Ezek 39:19], זָָֽבְחוּ [Exod 34:15]; [Lev 17:5], זְבַחְתֶּם [Exod 8:24], זָבַחְנוּ [Exod 8:23] Imperfect וַיִּזְבַּח [Gen 31:54] + 14 t.; 2 masculine singular suffix תִּזְבָּחֶנּוּ [Deut 15:21], 2 feminine singular suffix וַתִּזְבָּחִים [Ezek 16:20], 1 singular אֶזְבַּח [Ps 116:17], אֶזְבְּחָה [Ps 27:6]; [Ps 54:8]; [Jonah 2:10] 2 masculine plural תִּזְבְּחוּ [Lev 19:5] + 2 t., תִּזְבָּ֑חוּ [Lev 22:29] + 2 t.; 1 plural נִזְבְּחָה [Exod 3:18] +, etc. (61 t. Imperfect); Imperative זְבַח [Ps 50:14], זִבְחוּ [Exod 8:21]; [Ps 4:6] Infinitive construct זְבֹחַ [1Sam 15:15] + 14 t., לִזְבּוֺחַ [2Chr 11:16], בְּזָבְחוֺ [2Sam 15:12] Participle active זֹבֵחַ [Exod 13:15] + 8 t., זוֺבֵחַ [Isa 66:3], plural זֹבְחִים [Lev 17:5] + (20 t. Participle) —
I. slaughter for sacrifice
1. with accusative of
\ \ a. kind of sacrifice זֶבַח ׳ז [Gen 31:54] +, פֶּסַח [Deut 16:2]; [Deut 16:5]; [Deut 16:6], שְׁלָמְים [Deut 27:7]; [Josh 8:31], תּוֺדָה [Ps 50:14]; [Ps 50:23], עֹלוֺת ושׁלמים [Exod 20:24] (E).
\ \ b. victims,
\ \ \ (a) animals בָּקָר וָצאֹן [1Kgs 8:63]; [Num 22:40], צאן ובקר [2Chr 18:2], הַבְּרִיאָה [Ezek 34:3], כָּלפֶּֿטֶר רֶחֶם [Exod 13:15] (J); פָּרִים וְאֵילִים [1Chr 15:26], שׁוֺר וָשֶׂה [Deut 17:1] (β) mankind בָּנִים וּבָנוֺת [Ps 106:37]; [Ezek 16:20], זֹבְחֵי אָדָם sacrificers of mankind [Hos 13:2] (so Ra AE Hi Wü MV; men that sacrifice AV RV after Ki, so Pu Ew Ke Now Che SS).
\ \ c. תּוֺעֲבַת מִצְרַיִם [Exod 8:22] (twice in verse) (E), מָשְׁחָת [Mal 1:14].
2. absolute [1Sam 1:5] + often
3. with לְ of deity, לְדָגוֺן [Judg 16:23], לַשְּׂעִירִם [Lev 17:7] (H), לַשֵּׁדִים [Deut 32:17]; [Ps 106:37] other gods [Exod 34:15] (JE) +; but usually ליהוה [Exod 3:18] + 9 t. J E, [Lev 17:5]; [Lev 19:5]; [Lev 22:29] (all H, not elsewhere in P), [Deut 15:21]; [Deut 16:2]; [Deut 17:1]; [1Sam 1:3] +; לֵאלֹהֵי אָבִיו [Gen 46:1] (E), לאלהים [Ps 50:14], לאדני [Mal 1:14].
4. with local prep. בְּ [Gen 31:54] (E) +, עַל [Exod 20:24] (E) +; לפני [Lev 9:4] (P) +, על פני השׂדה [Lev 17:5] (H). II. slaughter for eating (connected also with sacrifice, as all eating of flesh among ancient Hebrews was sacrificial, RSSemitic 219) [1Sam 28:24] (fat calf for Saul), [Ezek 34:3] (fat sheep for shepherds), [2Chr 18:2] (sheep and oxen for Jehoshaphat, with לְ of person); compare [Deut 12:15] v[Deut 12:21] (absolute), [1Kgs 19:21]. III. slaughter in divine judgment [Ezek 39:17-19] with accusative זִבְחִי (Gog and Magog as feast for vultures), [1Kgs 13:2]; [2Kgs 23:20] (priests of high-places on their own altars). Pi`el22 Perfect זִבַּח [2Chr 33:22], זִבְּחוּ [Ps 106:38], זִבֵּ֑חוּ [Hos 12:12] Imperfect יְזַבֵּחַ [Hab 1:16], יְזַבֵּ֑חוּ [Hos 4:13]; [Hos 4:14]; [Hos 11:2] (7 t. Imperfect); Infinitive construct לְֹזַבֵּחַ [1Kgs 12:32] Participle מְזַבֵּחַ [1Kgs 3:3], plural מְזַבְּחִים [2Chr 5:6] + 8 t., מְזַבְּחוֺת [1Kgs 11:8] — sacrifice,
1. of the abundant sacrifices made to Yahweh by Solomon [1Kgs 8:5] = [2Chr 5:6], and Hezekiah [2Chr 30:22], and probably intensive; but
2. elsewhere of sacrifice to other deities, possibly iterative in some cases, but certainly not in all: לַבְּעָלִים [Hos 11:2], לֵאלֹהֵיהֶן [1Kgs 11:8], לַעֲגָלִים [1Kgs 12:32], לְחֶרְמוֺ [Hab 1:16], לַעֲצַבֵּי כְנָ֑עַן [Ps 106:38], לֵאלֹהֵי דַּרְמֶשֶׂק [2Chr 28:23], לְכָלהַֿפְּסִילִים [2Chr 33:22] or in unlawful places עַלרָֿאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים [Hos 4:13] compare v[Hos 4:14], בַּגִּלְגָּל [Hos 12:12], בַּבָּמוֺת [1Kgs 3:2]; [1Kgs 3:3]; [1Kgs 22:44]; [2Kgs 12:4]; [2Kgs 14:4]; [2Kgs 15:4] = [2Chr 28:4]. It is used without direct object [Hos 4:14] and often; also with accusative of victim שְׁוָרִים [Hos 12:12] צאֹן וּבָקָר [1Kgs 8:5] = [2Chr 5:6] sons and daughters [Ps 106:38], זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים [2Chr 30:22].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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