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title: הֲרֵגָה — slaughter · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֲרֵגָה (2028), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: slaughter. BDB 1906: n.f. slaughter. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֲרֵגָה

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«הֲרֵגָה» 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:** 2028 · **BDB:** הֲרֵגָה

### Glosses

slaughter (4); of.slaughter (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

slaughter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2028/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. slaughter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2028/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. slaughter; only abs. in foll. combinations, גֵּיא ה׳; Je 7:32; 19:6 new name for גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם; יוֹם ה׳ Je 12:3 of the wicked, i.e. day of judgment; צֹאן ה׳ Zc 11:4, 7 i.e. Judah and Israel, slaughtered by their shepherds.

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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 (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 «הֲרֵגָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/2028/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Zechariah 11:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.11.4/)

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כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י רְעֵ֖ה אֶת־צֹ֥אן הַהֲרֵגָֽה׃

*Word for word:* thus he.says Yahweh God my shepherd (et) the.flock of.(the) slaughter

*JPS 1917:* Thus said the LORD my God: 'Feed the flock of slaughter;

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[Jeremiah 12:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.12.3/)

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וְאַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ יְדַעְתָּ֔נִי תִּרְאֵ֕נִי וּבָחַנְתָּ֥ לִבִּ֖י אִתָּ֑ךְ הַתִּקֵם֙ כְּצֹ֣אן לְטִבְחָ֔ה וְהַקְדִּשֵׁ֖ם לְי֥וֹם הֲרֵגָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and you O.Yahweh you know.me you see.me and you.test heart my with you drag them.away like sheep to slaughter and set them.apart to a.day of.slaughter

*JPS 1917:* But Thou, O LORD, knowest me, Thou seest me, and triest my heart toward Thee; pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

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