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Leviticus 8:15

“And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.” (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
  • יִּשְׁחָ֗ט — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
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.

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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.