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Leviticus 16:15
“Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:” (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
- וְ — conjunction
- שָׁחַ֞ט — verb Qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- 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.