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פֶּ֫סַח noun masculine passover (usually (Thes and most) from I. פסח , with reference to Exod 12:13 etc.; ReussGeschichte. AT § 58 passing over into new year; SchaeferPassah-Mazzoth (1900), 346 compare Assyrian pašâ—u , soothe, placate [deity], < be soothed, Pi`el transitive, JenZA iv (1889), 275 ZimBabylonian Rel. i (1896). Glossary; ii (1899), 92; SchwIdiot, 124 from II. פסח, of sacred dance); — absolute ׳ פ Exod 12:11 +; פָּ֑סַח Exod 12:21 +; plural פְּסָחִים 2Chr 30:17 + 3 t.; —
1.
sacrifice of Passover, involving communion-meal, hence a species of peace-offering (compare I.
זֶבַח II. 2), ׳
הוא לי
׳
זֶבַח פ
Exod 12:27
(
J
), compare Exod 12:11 (
P
); ׳
זָבַח פ
Deut 16:2; Deut 16:5; Deut 16:6
׳
אבל הפ
2Chr 30:18
the special feature lay in the application of blood to homes to consecrate them: compare simile
Babylonian rite of purification Zimib. ii. 126-7.
2.
the animal victim of the passover:
׳
שׁחט פ
Exod 12:21
(
J
) 2Chr
30:15;
2Chr 35:1; 2Chr 35:6; 2Chr 35:11; Ezra 6:20, compare 2Chr 30:17
באשׁ
׳
בשׁל הפ
2Chr 35:13
לפסחים
2Chr 35:7;
2Chr 35:8;
2Chr 35:9.
[Passover animals (compare BrHex.206) were צאֹן
flock
Exod 12:21
(
J
), שֶׁה Exod 12:3 Exod 12:4 Exod 12:5, including כֶּבֶשׁ and עֵז Exod 12:5 (
P
); צאן ובקר
Deut 16:2 large
numbers of all these (שֶׂה not used) in Josiah's Passover, active to 2Chr 35:7; 2Chr 35:8;
2Chr 35:9,
but evident mingling of whole burnt-offerings for the passover with special passover victim.]
3.
festival of the passover:
׳
חג הפ
Exod 34:25
(
J
); ׳
(ה)פ
Lev 23:5; Num 28:16;
Num 33:3; Josh 5:11 (
P
) Ezek
45:21
׳
חֻקַּת הפ
Exod 12:43;
Num 9:12; Num 9:14 (
P
); ׳
עשׂה פ
Exod 12:48;
Num 9:2; Num 9:4; Num 9:5; Num 9:6; Num 9:10; Num 9:13; Num 9:14; Josh 5:10 (
P
) Deut 16:1
; 2Kgs
23:21; 2Kgs 23:22; 2Kgs 23:23; 2Chr 30:1; 2Chr 30:2; 2Chr 30:5; 2Chr 35:1; 2Chr 35:16
; 2Chr 35:17
; 2Chr
35:18 (twice in verse); 2Chr 35:19; Ezra 6:19 it was held in month הָאָבִיב
Deut 16:1,
בָּעָ֑רֶב Deut 16:6 on 14th day Josh 5:10 (
P
), of 1st month Ezek 45:21
בֵּין הערבים (Exod 12:6) Lev 23:5; Num 9:5 (
P
); if impossible at that time, then on 14th of 2nd month Num 9:10; Num 9:12. [No reference to פֶּסַח
in
E
;
J
subordinates it to מַצּוֺת (the great feast of
J
E
); in
D
it predominates over מצות;
P
makes it first in importance (BrHex.195f.)].]