H2076. zabach

זָבַח‎₁₃₄ verb slaughter for sacrifice (Late Hebrew id., Phoenician זבח‎; Assyrian Zibû Dl^{Pr 174} compare Lotz^{TP 174}; Arabic , Sabean דֿבח‎ CIS^{iv. 1, 2, No. 74 l. 11. 12}; Aramaic דְּבַח‎, , Ethiopic )

Qal₁₁₂ Perfect ׳ז‎ 1 Kings 8:63; 13:2, זָבַחְתָּ‎ Exodus 20:24 3t., זָבַחְתִּי‎ Ezekiel 39:19, זָָֽבְחוּ‎ Exodus 34:15; Leviticus 17:5, זְבַחְתֶּם‎ Exodus 8:24, זָבַחְנוּ‎ 8:23; Imperfect וַיִּזְבַּח‎ Genesis 31:54 14t.; 2 masculine singular suffix תִּזְבָּחֶנּוּ‎ Deuteronomy 15:21, 2feminine singular suffix וַתִּזְבָּחִים‎ Ezekiel 16:20, 1singular אֶזְבַּח‎ Psalm 116:17, אֶזְבְּחָה‎ 27:6; Psalm 54:8; Jonah 2:10; 2masculine plural תִּזְבְּחוּ‎ Leviticus 19:5 2t., תִּזְבָּ֑חוּ‎ 22:29 2t.; 1 plural נִזְבְּחָה‎ Exodus 3:18 +, etc. (61 t. Imperfect); Imperative זְבַח‎ Psalm 50:14, זִבְחוּ‎ Exodus 8:21; Psalm 4:6; Infinitive construct זְבֹחַ‎ 1 Samuel 15:15 14t., לִזְבּוֺחַ‎2 Chronicles 11:16, בְּזָבְחוֺ‎ 2 Samuel 15:12; Participle active זֹבֵחַ‎ Exodus 13:15 8t., זוֺבֵחַ‎ Isaiah 66:3, plural זֹבְחִים‎ Leviticus 17:5 + (20 t. Participle) —

1 slaughter for sacrifice 1 with accusative of

a. kind of sacrifice ׳ז זֶבַח‎ Genesis 31:54 +, מֶּסַח‎ Deuteronomy 16:2, 5, 6, שְׁלָמְים‎ 27:7; Joshua 8:31, תּוֺדָה‎ Psalm 50:14; 50:23, ושׁלמים עֹלוֺת‎ Exodus 20:24 (E).

b. victims, (a) animals וָצאֹן בָּקָר‎ 1 Kings 8:63; Numbers 22:40, ובקר צאן‎2 Chronicles 18:2, הַבְּרִיאָה‎ Ezekiel 34:3, רֶחֶם כָּלמֶּֿטֶר‎ Exodus 13:15 (J); וְאֵילִים מָּרִים‎ 1 Chronicles 15:26, וָשֶׂה שׁוֺר‎ Deuteronomy 17:1; (β) mankind וּבָנוֺת בָּנִים‎ Psalm 106:37; Ezekiel 16:20, אָדָם זֹבְחֵי‎ sacrificers of mankind Hosea 13:2 (so Ra AE Hi Wü MV; men that sacrifice AV RV after Ki, so Pu Ew Ke Now Che SS).

c. מִצְרַיִם תּוֺעֲבַת‎ Exodus 8:22 (twice in verse) (E), מָשְׁחָת‎ Malachi 1:14.

2 absolute 1 Samuel 1:5 +?

3 with לְ‎ of deity, לְדָגוֺן‎ Judges 16:23, לַשְּׂעִירִם‎ Leviticus 17:7 (H), לַשֵּׁדִים‎ Deuteronomy 32:17; Psalm 106:37; other gods Exodus 34:15 (JE) +; but usually ליהוה‎ 3:18 9t. J E, Leviticus 17:5; 19:5; 22:29 (all H, not elsewhere in P), Deuteronomy 15:21; 16:2; 17:1; 1 Samuel 1:3 +; אָבִיו לֵאלֹהֵי‎ Genesis 46:1 (E), לאלהים‎ Psalm 50:14, לאדני‎ Malachi 1:14.

4 with local prep. בְּ‎ Genesis 31:54 (E) +, עַל‎ Exodus 20:24 (E) +; לפני‎ Leviticus 9:4 (P) +, השׂדה פני על‎ 17:5 (H).

II. slaughter for eating (connected also with sacrifice, as all eating of flesh among ancient Hebrews was sacrificial, RS^{Semitic 219}) 1 Samuel 28:24 (fat calf for Saul), Ezekiel 34:3 (fat sheep for shepherds), 2 Chronicles 18:2 (sheep and oxen for Jehoshaphat, with לְ‎ of person); compare Deuteronomy 12:15 12:21 (absolute), 1 Kings 19:21.

III. slaughter in divine judgment Ezekiel 39:17-19 with accusative זִבְחִי‎ (Gog and Magog as feast for vultures), 1 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 23:20 (priests of high-places on their own altars).

Pi`el₂₂ Perfect זִבַּח‎2 Chronicles 33:22, זִבְּחוּ‎ Psalm 106:38, זִבֵּ֑חוּ‎ Hosea 12:12; Imperfect יְזַבֵּחַ‎ Habakkuk 1:16, יְזַבֵּ֑חוּ‎ Hosea 4:13-14, 11:2 (7 t. Imperfect); Infinitive construct לְֹזַבֵּחַ‎ 1 Kings 12:32; Participle מְזַבֵּחַ‎ 3:3, plural מְזַבְּחִים‎2 Chronicles 5:6 8t., מְזַבְּחוֺת‎ 1 Kings 11:8; — sacrifice,

1 of the abundant sacrifices made to Yahweh by Solomon 1 Kings 8:5 2 Chronicles 5:6, and Hezekiah 30:22, and probably intensive; but

2 elsewhere of sacrifice to other deities, possibly iterative in some cases, but certainly not in all: לַבְּעָלִים‎ Hosea 11:2, לֵאלֹהֵיהֶן‎ 1 Kings 11:8, לַעֲגָלִים‎ 12:32, לְחֶרְמוֺ‎ Habakkuk 1:16, כְנָ֑עַן לַעֲצַבֵּי‎ Psalm 106:38, דַּרְמֶשֶׂק לֵאלֹהֵי‎2 Chronicles 28:23, לְכָלהַֿמְּסִילִים‎33:22; or in unlawful places הֶהָרִים עַלרָֿאשֵׁי‎ Hosea 4:13 compare 4:14, בַּגִּלְגָּל‎ 12:12, בַּבָּמוֺת‎ 1 Kings 3:2-3, 22:44; 2 Kings 12:4; 14:4; 15:4; 15:35, 16:4 2 Chronicles 28:4. It is used without direct object Hosea 4:14 and often; also with accusative of victim שְׁוָרִים‎ 12:12 וּבָקָר צאֹן‎ 1 Kings 8:5 2 Chronicles 5:6; sons and daughters Psalm 106:38, שְׁלָמִים זִבְחֵי‎2 Chronicles 30:22.