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title: הֶרֶג — slaughter · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֶרֶג (2027), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: slaughter. BDB 1906: n.m. slaughter. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֶרֶג

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«הֶרֶג» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 2027 · **BDB:** הֶ֫רֶג

### Glosses

slaughter (2); a.slaughter (1); of.slaughter (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

slaughter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2027/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. slaughter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2027/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 30:25 slaughter—ה׳ abs. Pr 24:11 + 2 times + Ez 26:15 (𝔊 Co חֶרֶב); cstr. Is 27:7—of Jews’ slaughter of their enemies Est 9:5 (‖ אַבְדָֿ֑ן); מָטִים לַהֶרֶג Pr 24:11 (‖ לְקֻחִים לַמָּ֑וֶת); כְּהֶרֶג הֲרוּגָיו הֹרָ֑ג Is 27:7; ביום הֶרֶג רַב Is 30:25 (cf. ביום חֲבשׁ י׳ אֶת־שֶׁבֶר עַמּוֹ v 26). Ez 26:15 read with 𝔊 Co supr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הֶרֶג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2027/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 24:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.24.11/)

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הַ֭צֵּל לְקֻחִ֣ים לַמָּ֑וֶת וּמָטִ֥ים לַ֝הֶ֗רֶג אִם־תַּחְשֽׂוֹךְ׃

*Word for word:* deliver \[those.who.are.being\].taken to (the) death and \[those.who.are\].staggering to the slaughter if you.will.restrain

*JPS 1917:* Deliver them that are drawn unto death; and those that are ready to be slain wilt thou forbear to rescue?

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[Isaiah 27:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.27.7/)

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הַכְּמַכַּ֥ת מַכֵּ֖הוּ הִכָּ֑הוּ אִם־כְּהֶ֥רֶג הֲרֻגָ֖יו הֹרָֽג׃

*Word for word:* like the blow? of the.\[one.who\].struck.it has he.struck.it or? like the.slaughter of its.slain.\[ones\] has.it.been.slain

*JPS 1917:* Hath He smitten him as He smote those that smote him? Or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by Him?

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