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Deuteronomy 16:2
“Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2076 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- זָבַ֥חְתָּ — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 134 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 31:54Genesis 46:1Exodus 3:18Exodus 5:3Exodus 5:8
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read זָבַח here.
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.