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2 Chronicles 29:24

“And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁחַטshâchaṭ · shaw-khat'
H7819 · Hebrew
Definition
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יִּשְׁחָטוּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
  • ם֙ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqw3mp/Sp3mp
Usage
Occurs 82 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 22:10Genesis 37:31Exodus 12:6Exodus 12:21Exodus 29:11

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.