Lexicon ratsach: to murder, slay Original Word: רָצַחPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ratsach Phonetic Spelling: (raw-tsakh') Short Definition: manslayer NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto murder, slay NASB Translationkilled (1), kills the manslayer (1), manslayer (18), murder (7), murdered (2), murderer (12), murderer shall be put (1), murderers (1), murders (1), put to death (1), slew (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs רָצַח verb murder, slay (Late Hebrew (rare, also in derivatives) = Biblical Hebrew; compare Arabic  ,  break, bruise, crush); — Qal Perfect3masculine singular consecutive ׳וְר Numbers 35:27, וּרְצָחוֺ Deuteronomy 22:26; 2masculine singular (הֲ)רָצַחְתָּ 1 Kings 21:19; Imperfect3masculine singular יִרְצַח Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 4:42; 2masculine singular תִּרְצָ֑ח (צ־ַחׅ Exodus 20:13 = Deuteronomy 5:17; Infinitive absolute רָצֹהַּ Hosea 4:2; Jeremiah 7:9; Participle active רֹצֵחַ Deuteronomy 19:3 +, ׳רוֺ Deuteronomy 4:42 +; — murder, slay, with premeditation, Exodus 20:13 (E) = Deuteronomy 5:17; Hosea 4:2; Jeremiah 7:9; 1 Kings 21:19 (all absolute); with accusative of person Deuteronomy 22:26, unawares Deuteronomy 4:42; slay as avenger Numbers 35:27,30 (P; "" חֵמִית Numbers 35:19; Numbers 35:21); especially participle as substantive = slayer, manslayer, without intent, Deuteronomy 4:42; Deuteronomy 19:3,4,6; also in P: Numbers 35:6,11,12,25,26,27,28; Joshua 20:3,5,6; Joshua 21:13,21,27,32,26 (van d. H., Baer, Joshua 21:38 Gi; all P); murderer, with intent, Numbers 35:16 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:17 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:18 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:19,21 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:30; Numbers 30:31; also Job 24:14. Niph`al Imperfect1singular אֵרָצֵחַ Proverbs 22:13 I shall be slain; Participle feminine singular as adjective אִשָּׁה הַנִּרְצָחָה Judges 20:4 the murdered woman. Pi`el (intensive) murder, assassinate:3masculine plural יְרַצְּחוּ Hosea 6:9 (absolute), יְרַצֵּ֑חוּ Psalm 94:6 (accusative of person, "" הָרַג); Psalm 62:4 see below; Participle מְרַצֵּחַ, as substantive 2 Kings 6:32 murderer, assassin; plural מְרֵצְּחִים Isaiah 1:21assassins. Pu`al Imperfect, 2 masculine plural תְּרָצְּחוּ Psalm 62:4, so Baer Gi, van d. H. תְּרָצְחוּ, but Ben Naphtali Pi`el תְּרַצְּחוּ (Baer143), so Vrss Hup-Now De Che Bae and others ye murder (or batter, shatter).
Strong's put to death, kill, manslayer, murderer A primitive root; properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. Kill (a human being), especially to murder -- put to death, kill, (man-)slay(-er), murder(-er). |
