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title: אִבְחָה — slaughter · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אִבְחָה (19), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: slaughter. BDB 1906: n.f. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אִבְחָה

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«אִבְחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **slaughter** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 19 · **BDB:** אִבְחָה

### Glosses

a.slaughter (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

slaughter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/19/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/19/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. cstr. אִבְחַת חֶרֶב Ez 21:20; Dl, as above, slaughter; but prob. error for טבחת (v. טבח) Ges Co; 𝔊 σφάγια ῥομφαίας, cf. 𝔗.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אִבְחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/19/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 21:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.21.20/)

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לְמַ֣עַן ׀ לָמ֣וּג לֵ֗ב וְהַרְבֵּה֙ הַמִּכְשֹׁלִ֔ים עַ֚ל כָּל־שַׁ֣עֲרֵיהֶ֔ם נָתַ֖תִּי אִבְחַת־חָ֑רֶב אָ֛ח עֲשׂוּיָ֥ה לְבָרָ֖ק מְעֻטָּ֥ה לְטָֽבַח׃

*Word for word:* so.as to melt a.heart and \[may.be\].many the stumblings at all gates their I.have.set a.slaughter of.a.sword alas! \[it.is\].made for lightning \[it.is\].wrapped for slaughter

*JPS 1917:* I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied; ah! it is made glittering, it is sharpened for slaughter.

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