Word Study · Strong's H7524 · Hebrew

רֶצַח

retsach

reh-tsakh

“a crushing”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a crushing; specifically, a murder-cry

Rendered in the KJV as

slaughter, sword.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

בְּרֶ֔צַח1
בְּרֶ֤צַח׀1

How it is rendered · 2

for shattering1
with a shattering1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

preposition + noun · masculine singular2

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HR/Ncmsa · 2

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Where this word lives

Psalms1 of 2 · 50%
Ezekiel1 of 2 · 50%

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Psalms1 occurrence

Psalms 42:10בְּרֶ֤צַח׀beretzachpreposition + noun · masculine singularLike the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”here: with a shattering

Ezekiel1 occurrence

Ezekiel 21:22בְּרֶ֔צַחberetzachpreposition + noun · masculine singularIn his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.here: for shattering

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