STRONGS NUMBER H2873


Word Summary
tabach: to slaughter, butcher, slay
Original Word: טָבַח
Transliteration: tabach
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-bakh')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to slaughter, butcher, slay
Meaning: to slaughter, butcher, slay
Strong's Concordance
kill, make slaughter, slay

A primitive root; to slaughter (animals or men) -- kill, (make) slaughter, slay.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2873. tabach

[טָבַח‎] verb slaughter, butcher, slay (Late Hebrew id. (rare) and derivatives; Phoenician טבח‎ participle; Assyrian ‰abâ—u AsrbAnnals iii. 56; Aramaic , טְבַח‎ (rare) and derivatives; Arabic cook meat, also bake bread; Ethiopic slay) —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular suffix וּטְבָחוֺ‎ consecutive Exodus 21:37; 3feminine singular טָֽבְחָהProverbs 9:2; 2masculine singular טָבַחְתָּLamentations 2:21; 1singular טָבַחְתִּי1 Samuel 25:11; Imperative וּטְבֹחַGenesis 43:16; Infinitive construct טְבֹחַEzekiel 21:15; לִטְבֿוֺחַPsalm 37:14 3t. (so Baer; van d. H לִטְבּוֺחַ‎, except לִטְב֑וֺחַJeremiah 51:40); Passive participle טָבוּחַDeuteronomy 28:31; —

1 slaughter, butcher animals for food Exodus 21:37 (E), Proverbs 9:2 (figurative of Wisdom's furnishing her table); so with accusative of congnate meaning with verb ׳ט טֶבַחGenesis 43:16 (J), ׳ט טִבְחָה1 Samuel 25:11; compare also Deuteronomy 28:31, where punishment lies in fact that the owner does not eat of the slain ox; לִטְבֿ֑וֺחַ יוּבַל אַלּוּף כְּכֶשֶׂבJeremiah 11:19 like a mild lamb that is led to slaughter, simile of the prophet exposed to his enemies, 51:40 simile of ׳י‎s vengeance upon Babylon (see also טִבְחָה טֶבַח,‎), 25:34 of kings and rulers, under figure of shepherds & choice sheep.

2 in poetry & figurative, slay, kill ruthlessly, with accusative of person Psalm 37:14; absolute Lamentations 2:21("" הָרַג‎; opposed to חמל‎); with accusative of congnate meaning with verb ׳ט טֶבַחEzekiel 21:15 of a sword sharpened for the slaughter of Israel in judgment.