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title: טִבְחָה — thing slaughtered · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טִבְחָה (2878), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: thing slaughtered. BDB 1906: n.f. thing slaughtered, slaughtered meat, slaughter. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טִבְחָה

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«טִבְחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thing slaughtered** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 2878 · **BDB:** טִבְחָה

### Glosses

slaughter (2); of.slaughter (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thing slaughtered [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2878/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. thing slaughtered, slaughtered meat, slaughter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2878/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. thing slaughtered, slaughtered meat, slaughter— sf. טִבְחָתִי as acc. cogn. after טָבַח 1 S 25:11 of meat killed for food. slaughter for food (= i. טֶבַח 1): כְּצֹאן ט׳ ψ 44:23 like a flock for slaughter, sim. of the harassed godly; כְּצֹאן לְטִבְחָה Je 12:3 sim. of judgment of wicked (‖ לְיוֹם הֲרֵגָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טִבְחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2878/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 44:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.44.23/)

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כִּֽי־עָ֭לֶיךָ הֹרַ֣גְנוּ כָל־הַיּ֑וֹם נֶ֝חְשַׁ֗בְנוּ כְּצֹ֣אן טִבְחָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) on you we.have.been.killed all the day we.have.been.regarded like sheep of.slaughter

*JPS 1917:* Nay, but for Thy sake are we killed all the day; we are accounted as sheep for the 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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