Original Language Studio
Leviticus 8:23
“And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.” (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
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּשְׁחָ֓ט — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 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.