שָׁחַט

Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

Genesis 22:10

• לִשְׁחֹ֖טlishchotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to slaughter

Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.

Genesis 37:31

• וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙vaiyishchatuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they slaughtered

You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.

Exodus 12:6

• וְשָׁחֲט֣וּveshachatuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will slaughter

Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and told them, “Go at once and select for yourselves a lamb for each family, and slaughter the Passover lamb.

Exodus 12:21

• וְשַׁחֲט֥וּveshachatuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and slaughter

And you shall slaughter the bull before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Exodus 29:11

• וְשָׁחַטְתָּ֥veshachataHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will slaughter

You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar.

Exodus 29:16

• וְשָׁחַטְתָּ֖veshachataHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will slaughter

Slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Sprinkle the remaining blood on all sides of the altar.

Exodus 29:20

• וְשָׁחַטְתָּ֣veshachataHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will slaughter

Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to Me along with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.

Exodus 34:25

• תִשְׁחַ֥טtishchatverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must slaughter

And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 1:5

• וְשָׁחַ֛טveshachatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will cut throat of

He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides.

Leviticus 1:11

• וְשָׁחַ֨טveshachatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will cut throat of

He is to lay his hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood on all sides of the altar.

Leviticus 3:2

• וּשְׁחָט֕וֹushechatoHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he will cut throat its

He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.

Leviticus 3:8

• וְשָׁחַ֣טveshachatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will cut throat of

He must lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.

Leviticus 3:13

• וְשָׁחַ֣טveshachatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will cut throat of

He must bring the bull to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the LORD.

Leviticus 4:4

• וְשָׁחַ֥טveshachatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will cut throat of

The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD.

Leviticus 4:15

• וְשָׁחַ֥טveshachatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and someone will cut throat of

He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.

Leviticus 4:24

• וְשָׁחַ֣טveshachatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will cut throat of
• יִשְׁחַ֥טyishchatverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: someone cuts throat of

He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.

Leviticus 4:29

• וְשָׁחַט֙veshachatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will cut throat of

And he is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.

Leviticus 4:33

• וְשָׁחַ֤טveshachatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will cut throat of
• יִשְׁחַ֖טyishchatverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: someone cuts throat of

“Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is most holy.

Leviticus 6:25

• תִּשָּׁחֵ֨טtishachetverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has its throat cut
• תִּשָּׁחֵ֤טtishachetverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will have its throat cut

The guilt offering must be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and the priest shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.

Leviticus 7:2

• יִשְׁחֲטוּ֙yishchatuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people cut throat of
• יִשְׁחֲט֖וּyishchatuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people will cut throat of

Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement could be made on it.

Leviticus 8:15

• וַיִּשְׁחָ֗טvaiyishchatHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he cut throat of

Moses slaughtered the ram and sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar.

Leviticus 8:19

• וַיִּשְׁחָ֑טvaiyishchatHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he cut throat of

Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

Leviticus 8:23

• וַיִּשְׁחָ֓ט׀vaiyishchatHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he cut throat of

So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.

Leviticus 9:8

• וַיִּשְׁחַ֛טvaiyishchatHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he cut throat of

Then Aaron slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he sprinkled it on all sides of the altar.

Leviticus 9:12

• וַיִּשְׁחַ֖טvaiyishchatHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he cut throat of

Aaron then presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one.

Leviticus 9:15

• וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֥הוּvaiyishchatehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he cut throat its

Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram as the people’s peace offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he sprinkled it on all sides of the altar.

Leviticus 9:18

• וַיִּשְׁחַ֤טvaiyishchatHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he cut throat of

Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.

Leviticus 14:5

• וְשָׁחַ֖טveshachatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and someone will cut throat of

And he is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.

Leviticus 14:6

• הַשְּׁחֻטָ֔הhashechutahthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: had the throat cut

Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy.

Leviticus 14:13

• וְשָׁחַ֣טveshachatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will cut throat of
• יִשְׁחַ֧טyishchatverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: someone cuts throat of

Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering

Leviticus 14:19

• יִשְׁחַ֥טyishchatverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will cut throat of

And after he slaughters the lamb for the guilt offering, the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

Leviticus 14:25

• וְשָׁחַט֮veshachatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will cut throat of

and he shall slaughter one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.

Leviticus 14:50

• וְשָׁחַ֖טveshachatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will cut throat of

Then he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.

Leviticus 14:51

• הַשְּׁחוּטָ֔הhashechutahthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: had the throat cut

When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.

Leviticus 16:11

• וְשָׁחַ֛טveshachatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will cut throat of

Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.

Leviticus 16:15

• וְשָׁחַ֞טveshachatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will cut throat of

‘Anyone from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox, a lamb, or a goat in the camp or outside of it

Leviticus 17:3

• יִשְׁחַ֜טyishchatverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will cut throat of
• יִשְׁחַ֔טyishchatverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will cut throat of

But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.

Leviticus 22:28

• תִשְׁחֲט֖וּtishchatuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you must cut throat of

If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”

Numbers 11:22

• יִשָּׁחֵ֥טyishachetverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will it be slaughtered

‘Because the LORD was unable to bring this people into the land He swore to give them, He has slaughtered them in the wilderness.’

Numbers 14:16

• וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֖םvaiyishchatemHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he has slaughtered them

Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.

Numbers 19:3

• וְשָׁחַ֥טveshachatHc/Vqq3mstagged: and someone will slaughter

they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.

Judges 12:6

• וַיִּשְׁחָט֖וּהוּvaiyishchatuhuHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mstagged: and they slaughtered him

And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.

1 Samuel 1:25

• וַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּvaiyishchatuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they slaughtered

So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.

1 Samuel 14:32

• וַיִּשְׁחֲטוּ־vaiyishchatu-Hc/Vqw3mptagged: and they slaughtered

Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.

1 Samuel 14:34

• וּשְׁחַטְתֶּ֤םushechatemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will slaughter
• וַיִּשְׁחֲטוּ־vaiyishchatu-Hc/Vqw3mptagged: and they slaughtered

Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.

1 Kings 18:40

• וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֖םvaiyishchatemHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he slaughtered them

And when the letter arrived, they took the sons of the king and slaughtered all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel.

2 Kings 10:7

• וַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּvaiyishchatuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they slaughtered

Then Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So his men took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked—forty-two men. He spared none of them.

2 Kings 10:14

• וַֽיִּשְׁחָט֞וּםvaiyishchatumHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mptagged: and they slaughtered them

And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

2 Kings 25:7

• שָׁחֲט֖וּshachatuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they slaughtered

So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.

2 Chronicles 29:22

• וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙vaiyishchatuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they slaughtered
• וַיִּשְׁחֲט֣וּvaiyishchatuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they slaughtered
• וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙vaiyishchatuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they slaughtered

And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.

2 Chronicles 29:24

• וַיִּשְׁחָטוּם֙vaiyishchatumHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mptagged: and they slaughtered them

And on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 30:15

• וַיִּשְׁחֲט֣וּvaiyishchatuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they slaughtered

Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.

2 Chronicles 35:1

• וַיִּשְׁחֲט֣וּvaiyishchatuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and people slaughtered

Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”

2 Chronicles 35:6

• וְשַׁחֲט֖וּveshachatuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and slaughter

And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests sprinkled the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals.

2 Chronicles 35:11

• וַֽיִּשְׁחֲט֖וּvaiyishchatuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they slaughtered

All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.

Ezra 6:20

• וַיִּשְׁחֲט֤וּvaiyishchatuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they slaughtered

But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

Isaiah 22:13

• וְשָׁחֹ֣טveshachotconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: and they are slaughtering

who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

Isaiah 57:5

• שֹׁחֲטֵ֤יshochateiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: slaughter

Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.

Isaiah 66:3

• שׁוֹחֵ֨טshochetverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: slaughters

Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.

Jeremiah 9:8

• שָׁח֛וּטshochetverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: beaten

There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.

Jeremiah 39:6

• וַיִּשְׁחַט֩vaiyishchatHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he slaughtered
• שָׁחַ֖טshachatverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he slaughtered

And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.

Jeremiah 41:7

• וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֞םvaiyishchatemHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he slaughtered them

There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.

Jeremiah 52:10

• וַיִּשְׁחַ֧טvaiyishchatHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he slaughtered
• שָׁחַ֥טshachatverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he slaughtered

You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols.

Ezekiel 16:21

• וַֽתִּשְׁחֲטִ֖יvatishchatiHc/Vqw2fstagged: and you slaughtered

On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary to profane it. Yes, they did this inside My house.

Ezekiel 23:39

• וּֽבְשַׁחֲטָ֤םuveshachatamconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and when had slaughtered they

Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered.

Ezekiel 40:39

• לִשְׁח֤וֹטlishchotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to slaughter

So there were four tables inside the gateway and four outside—eight tables in all—on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered.

Ezekiel 40:41

• יִשְׁחָֽטוּ׃yishchatuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people slaughter

There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offering, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit high. On these were placed the utensils used to slaughter the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.

Ezekiel 40:42

• יִשְׁחֲט֧וּyishchatuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people slaughtered

Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having charge of the gates of the temple and ministering there. They shall slaughter the burnt offerings and other sacrifices for the people and stand before them to minister to them.

Ezekiel 44:11

• יִשְׁחֲט֨וּyishchatuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will slaughter

The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.

Hosea 5:2

• וְשַׁחֲטָ֥הveshachatahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and slaughtering