Original Language Studio
Genesis 31:54
“Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
זָבַחzâbach · zaw-bakh'
H2076 · Hebrew
H2076 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּזְבַּ֨ח — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 134 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 46:1Exodus 3:18Exodus 5:3Exodus 5:8Exodus 5:17
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.