Qal₁₁₂ Perfect ׳ז 1 Kings 8:63; 1 Kings 13:2, זָבַחְתָּ Exodus 20:24 3t., זָבַחְתִּי Ezekiel 39:19, זָָֽבְחוּ Exodus 34:15; Leviticus 17:5, זְבַחְתֶּם Exodus 8:24, זָבַחְנוּ Exodus 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 Psalm 27:6; Psalm 54:8; Jonah 2:10; 2masculine plural תִּזְבְּחוּ Leviticus 19:5 2t., תִּזְבָּ֑חוּ Leviticus 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., לִזְבּוֺחַ2Chronicles 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 זֶבַח ׳ז Genesis 31:54 +, מֶּסַח Deuteronomy 16:2,5,6, שְׁלָמְים Deuteronomy 27:7; Joshua 8:31, תּוֺדָה Psalm 50:14; Psalm 50:23, עֹלוֺת ושׁלמים Exodus 20:24 (E).

b. victims, (a) animals בָּקָר וָצאֹן 1 Kings 8:63; Numbers 22:40, צאן ובקר2Chronicles 18:2, הַבְּרִיאָה Ezekiel 34:3, כָּלמֶּֿטֶר רֶחֶם Exodus 13:15 (J); מָּרִים וְאֵילִים 1 Chronicles 15:26, שׁוֺר וָשֶׂה Deuteronomy 17:1; (β) mankind בָּנִים וּבָנוֺת Psalm 106:37; Ezekiel 16:20, זֹבְחֵי אָדָם 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. תּוֺעֲבַת מִצְרַיִם Exodus 8:22 (twice in verse) (E), מָשְׁחָת Malachi 1:14.

2 absolute 1 Samuel 1:5 #NAME?

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 Exodus 3:18 9t. J E, Leviticus 17:5; Leviticus 19:5; Leviticus 22:29 (all H, not elsewhere in P), Deuteronomy 15:21; Deuteronomy 16:2; Deuteronomy 17:1; 1 Samuel 1:3 +; לֵאלֹהֵי אָבִיו 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) +, על פני השׂדה Leviticus 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 Deuteronomy 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 זִבַּח2Chronicles 33:22, זִבְּחוּ Psalm 106:38, זִבֵּ֑חוּ Hosea 12:12; Imperfect יְזַבֵּחַ Habakkuk 1:16, יְזַבֵּ֑חוּ Hosea 4:13,14; Hosea 11:2 (7 t. Imperfect); Infinitive construct לְֹזַבֵּחַ 1 Kings 12:32; Participle מְזַבֵּחַ 1 Kings 3:3, plural מְזַבְּחִים2Chronicles 5:6 8t., מְזַבְּחוֺת 1 Kings 11:8; — sacrifice,

1 of the abundant sacrifices made to Yahweh by Solomon 1 Kings 8:5 2Chronicles 5:6, and Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 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 1 Kings 12:32, לְחֶרְמוֺ Habakkuk 1:16, לַעֲצַבֵּי כְנָ֑עַן Psalm 106:38, לֵאלֹהֵי דַּרְמֶשֶׂק2Chronicles 28:23, לְכָלהַֿמְּסִילִים2Chronicles 33:22; or in unlawful places עַלרָֿאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים Hosea 4:13 compare Hosea 4:14, בַּגִּלְגָּל Hosea 12:12, בַּבָּמוֺת 1 Kings 3:2,3; 1 Kings 22:44; 2 Kings 12:4; 2 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 15:35, 16:4 2Chronicles 28:4. It is used without direct object Hosea 4:14 and often; also with accusative of victim שְׁוָרִים Hosea 12:12 צאֹן וּבָקָר 1 Kings 8:5 2Chronicles 5:6; sons and daughters Psalm 106:38, זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים2Chronicles 30:22.