H7819. shachat

שָׁחַט‎ verb slaughter, beat (originally beat, flay? compare Assyrian ša—â‰u, flay, take off dress; Arabic slay (but = —; is this loan-word in Arabic ?); Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew, especially in ritual); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳שׁ‎ Jeremiah 39:6 +, suffix וּשְׁחָטוֺ‎ consecutive Leviticus 3:2, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִשְׁחַט‎ 4:24 +, 2 feminine singular וַתִּשְׁחֲטִי‎ Ezekiel 16:21, 3masculine plural suffix וַיִּשְׁחָט֫וּהוּ‎ Judges 12:6; Imperative masculine plural שַׁחֲטוּ‎ Exodus 12:21; 2 Chronicles 35:6; Infinitive absolute שָׁחֹט‎ Isaiah 22:13; construct לִשְׁחֹט‎ Genesis 22:10, וֺט‎- Ezekiel 40:39, suffix שַׁחֲטָם‎ (Ges^{§ 64a}) 23:39; Participle active שׁוֺחֵט‎ Isaiah 66:3, etc.; passive שָׁחוּט‎ 1 Kings 10:16 +, etc.; — slaughter:

1 beast for food 1 Samuel 14:32, 34 (twice in verse); Isaiah 22:13 ("" הָרַג‎), compare Leviticus 17:3 (twice in verse), for blood Genesis 37:31 (E).

2 usually (51 t.; Hexateuch only P, 38 t.) technical term of killing sacrifice (BJacob^{ZAW xvii (1897), 5i}), 1 Samuel 1:25; Exodus 29:11; Leviticus 1:5, 11; 4:24; 9:8; Numbers 19:3; 2 Chronicles 29:22 (twice in verse); 29:24 +; absolute Ezekiel 40:41 (אֶל‎ location); bird Leviticus 14:5-6, 50, 51; beast in illicit sacrifice Isaiah 66:3; with accusative of sacrifice (חַטָאת אָשָׁם, עוֺלָה,‎, etc.) Ezekiel 40:39 (אֶל‎ location), 40:42; 44:11; Leviticus 4:24; 7:2; 14:13 +; passover lamb Exodus 12:6, accusative הַמֶּסַח‎ 12:21; 2 Chronicles 30:15; 35:1, 6, 11; Ezra 6:20.

3 slaughter person Judges 12:6; 1 Kings 18:40; 2 Kings 10:7, 14 (אֶל‎ location), 25:7 = Jeremiah 39:6a = 52:10a, 39:6b = 52:10b, 41:7; ׳י‎ subject Numbers 14:16 (JE); in human sacrifice Genesis 22:10 (E), to false gods Ezekiel 16:21; 23:39; Isaiah 57:5.

4 passive participle = beaten, hammered, שָׁחוּט זָהָב‎ 1 Kings 10:16-17, 2 Chronicles 9:15a 9:16, of shekels 9:15; so also Jeremiah 9:7 Qr חֵץשָׁחוּט‎ (> Kt שׁוֺחֵט‎) hammered (i.e. sharpened) arrow.

Niph`al Imperfect3masculine singular יִשָּׁחֵט‎ Numbers 11:22 (J) be slaughtered for food (subject beast); 3 feminine singular תִּשָּׁחֵט‎ Leviticus 6:18 (twice in verse) (P) be slain, of sacrifice.

שְׁחֲטָה‎ noun feminine (Qal Infinitive construct Kö^{i. 263}) doubtful word; — ׳וְשׁ הֶעְמִיקוּ שֵׂטִים‎ Hosea 5:2 RV (compare AV) the revolters are gone deep in slaughtering ['Opferschlächterei' Kö^{ii. 1. 590, n. 1}], Ew Now (formerly), Che in corrupting (read then שַׁחֲתָה‎); We Now GASm Marti הַשִּׁטִּים שַׁחַת‎ have made deep the pit of Shittim (as place of idolatry).

שְׁחִין‎ see שׁחן‎. שְׁחִיף‎ see [ שָׂחִיף‎]. below,

שָׁחִיס‎ Isaiah 37:30 = סָחִישׁ‎ (in "" 2 Kings 19:29), q. v.

שׁחל‎ (√ of following; Dl^Prol.34 compare Assyrian ša—âlu, call, proclaim; perhaps both onomatopoetic, as Arabic bray (of ass), compare Nö^{ZMG xi (1886), 725}).