BDB3279
[טָבַח] verb slaughter, butcher, slay (Late Hebrew id. (rare) and derivatives; Phoenician טבח participle; Assyrian ‰abâ—u AsrbAnnals iii. 56; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 2058], טְבַח (rare) and derivatives; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2059] cook meat, also bake bread; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2060] slay) —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix וּטְבָחוֺ consecutive Exod 21:37 3 feminine singular
טָֽבְחָה
Prov 9:2 2 masculine
singular טָבַחְתָּ
Lam 2:21 1
singular טָבַחְתִּי
1Sam 25:11
Imperative
וּטְבֹחַ
Gen 43:16
Infinitive construct
טְבֹחַ
Ezek 21:15
לִטְבֿוֺחַ
Ps 37:14 + 3 t.
(so Baer; van d. H
לִטְבּוֺחַ, except לִטְב֑וֺחַ
Jer 51:40);
Passive participle
טָבוּחַ
Deut 28:31 —
1.
slaughter, butcher animals for food Exod 21:37 (
E
), Prov 9:2
(figurative of Wisdom's furnishing her table); so with accusative of cognate meaning with verb
טֶבַח
׳
ט
Gen 43:16 (
J
), טִבְחָה
׳
ט
1Sam 25:11
compare also Deut
28:31, where punishment lies in fact that the owner does not eat of the slain ox; כְּכֶשֶׂב
אַלּוּף
יוּבַל לִטְבֿ֑וֺחַ
Jer 11:19
like a mild lamb that is led to slaughter, simile of the prophet exposed to his enemies,
Jer 51:40
simile of ׳
י's vengeance upon Babylon (see also טֶבַח, טִבְחָה), Jer 25:34
of kings and rulers, under figure of shepherds & choice sheep.
2. in poetry & figurative, slay, kill ruthlessly, with accusative of
person Ps 37:14
absolute Lam 2:21
(|| הָרַג; opposed to חמל); with accusative of cognate meaning with verb
טֶבַח
׳
ט
Ezek 21:15 of
a sword sharpened for the slaughter of Israel in judgment.