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Ezekiel 23:39
“For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H7819 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.
- Grammar
- וּֽ — conjunction
- בְ — preposition
- שַׁחֲטָ֤ — verb Qal, infinitive construct
- ם — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 82 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 22:10Genesis 37:31Exodus 12:6Exodus 12:21Exodus 29:11
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 שָׁחַט 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.