---
title: טָבַח — slaughter · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טָבַח (2873), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: slaughter. BDB 1906: vb. slaughter, butcher, slay. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2873.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ט](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1496.md)‎ / טָבַח‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# טָבַח

<!-- .meta -->
«טָבַח» 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.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 11 times · **Key:** 2873 · **BDB:** טָבַח

### Glosses

slaughter (3); slaughtering (2); I.have.slaughtered (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

slaughter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2873/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. slaughter, butcher, slay [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2873/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** vb. slaughter, butcher, slay (NH id. (rare) and deriv.; Ph. טבח pt.; Assyrian ṭabâḫu Asrb.Annals iii. 56; Aramaic ܛܒܰܚ, טְבַח (rare) and deriv.; Arabic طَبَخَ cook meat, also bake bread; Ethiopic ጠብሐ slay)— Pf. 3 ms. sf. וּטְבָחוֹ consec. Ex 21:37; 3 fs. טָֽבְחָה Pr 9:2; 2 ms. טָבַחְתָּ La 2:21; 1 s. טָבַחְתִּי 1 S 25:11; Imv. וּטְבֹחַ Gn 43:16; Inf. cstr. טְבֹחַ Ez 21:15; לִטְבֿוֹחַ ψ 37:14 + 3 times (so Baer; van d. H לִטֽבּוֹחַ, except לִטְב֑וֹחַ Je 51:40); Pt. pass. טָבוּחַ Dt 28:31;— slaughter, butcher animals for food Ex 21:37 (E), Pr 9:2 (fig. of Wisdom’s furnishing her table); so c. acc. cogn. ט׳ טֶבַח Gn 43:16 (J), ט׳ טִבְחָה 1 S 25:11; cf. also Dt 28:31, where punishment lies in fact that the owner does not eat of the slain ox; כְּכֶשֶׂב אַלּוּף יוּבַל לִטְבֿ֑וֹחַ Je 11:19 like a mild lamb that is led to slaughter, sim. of the prophet exposed to his enemies, 51:40 sim. of י׳’s vengeance upon Babylon (v. also טֶבַח, טִבְחָה), 25:34 of kings and rulers, under fig. of shepherds \& choice sheep. poet. \& fig., slay, kill ruthlessly, c. acc. pers. ψ 37:14; abs. La 2:21 (‖ הָרַג; opp. חמל); c. acc. cogn. ט׳ טֶבַח Ez 21:15 of a sword sharpened for the slaughter of Isr. in judgment.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טָבַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2873/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Proverbs 9:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.9.2/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
טָבְחָ֣ה טִ֭בְחָהּ מָסְכָ֣ה יֵינָ֑הּ אַ֝֗ף עָֽרְכָ֥ה שֻׁלְחָנָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* she.has.slaughtered slaughter her she.has.mixed wine her also she.has.arranged table her

*JPS 1917:* She hath prepared her meat, she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Jeremiah 51:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.51.40/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
אֽוֹרִידֵ֖ם כְּכָרִ֣ים לִטְב֑וֹחַ כְּאֵילִ֖ים עִם־עַתּוּדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* I will.bring.them.down like lambs for slaughtering like rams with goats

*JPS 1917:* I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he-goats.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [טַבּוּר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2872.md)
- next →: [טֶבַח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2874.md)
- ↑ back to [ט](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1496.md)