BDB8587
שָׁחַט verb slaughter, beat (originally beat, flay? compare Assyrian ša—â‰u , flay, take off dress; Arabic [untranscribed source text 5481] slay (but [untranscribed source text 5482] = — ; is this loan-word in Arabic ?); Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew, especially in ritual); —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳
שׁ
Jer 39:6 +, suffix
וּשְׁחָטוֺ consecutive Lev 3:2, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשְׁחַט
Lev 4:24 +, 2
feminine singular וַתִּשְׁחֲטִי
Ezek 16:21, 3
masculine plural suffix וַיִּשְׁחָט֫וּהוּ
Judg 12:6
Imperative masculine plural שַׁחֲטוּ
Exod 12:21;
2Chr 35:6
Infinitive absolute
שָׁחֹט
Isa 22:13
construct לִשְׁחֹט
Gen 22:10,
וֺט- Ezek 40:39, suffix שַׁחֲטָם (Ges
«GKC:64a»§ 64a) Ezek 23:39
Participle
active
שׁוֺחֵט
Isa 66:3, etc.;
passive
שָׁחוּט
1Kgs 10:16 +,
etc.; — slaughter:
1. beast for food 1Sam 14:32; 1Sam 14:34 (twice in verse); Isa 22:13 (|| הָרַג), compare
Lev 17:3 (twice
in
verse), for blood
Gen
37:31 (
E
).
2. usually (51 t.; Hexateuch only
P
, 38 t.) technical term of killing sacrifice (BJacobZAW xvii (1897),
5i),
1Sam 1:25; Exod 29:11;
Lev 1:5; Lev 1:11; Lev 4:24; Lev 9:8; Num 19:3; 2Chr 29:22
(twice in verse);
2Chr 29:24 +; absolute Ezek 40:41 (אֶל location); bird Lev 14:5; Lev 14:6; Lev 14:50; Lev 14:51 beast in illicit
sacrifice
Isa 66:3 with
accusative of sacrifice (עוֺלָה, אָשָׁם, חַטָאת, etc.) Ezek 40:39
(
אֶל location), Ezek 40:42; Ezek 44:11; Lev 4:24; Lev 7:2; Lev 14:13 +; passover lamb Exod 12:6, accusative הַפֶּסַח
Exod 12:21;
2Chr 30:15
;
2Chr 35:1;
2Chr 35:6;
2Chr 35:11
;
Ezra 6:20.
3.
slaughter person Judg 12:6; 1Kgs 18:40; 2Kgs 10:7; 2Kgs 10:14 (אֶל location),
2Kgs 25:7 =
Jer 39:6a =
Jer 52:10
a, Jer 39:6b =
׳
י subject Num 14:16 (
J
E
); in human sacrifice Gen 22:10 (
E
), to false gods Ezek 16:21; Ezek 23:39; Isa 57:5.
4. passive participle = beaten, hammered, זָהָב שָׁחוּט
1Kgs 10:16
;
1Kgs 10:17
=
2Chr 9:15a
2Chr 9:16, of
shekels 2Chr 9:15
so also Jer 9:7
Qr
חֵץשָׁחוּט (>
Kt
שׁוֺחֵט) hammered (i.e. sharpened) arrow.
Niph`al
Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִשָּׁחֵט
Num 11:22 (
J
) be slaughtered for food (subject beast); 3 feminine singular
תִּשָּׁחֵט
Lev 6:18 (twice
in
verse) (
P
) be slain, of sacrifice.