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title: שְׁחִיטָה — slaying · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁחִיטָה (7821), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: slaying. BDB 1906: slaying. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁחִיטָה

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«שְׁחִיטָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **slaying** — 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:** 7821 · **BDB:** שְׁחִיטָה

### Glosses

the.slaughter (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

slaying [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7821/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

slaying [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7821/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. f. act of slaying;—cstr. שְׁחִיטַת הַפְּסָחִים 2 Ch 30:17.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁחִיטָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7821/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 30:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.30.17/)

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כִּי־רַבַּ֥ת בַּקָּהָ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־הִתְקַדָּ֑שׁוּ וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם עַל־שְׁחִיטַ֣ת הַפְּסָחִ֗ים לְכֹל֙ לֹ֣א טָה֔וֹר לְהַקְדִּ֖ישׁ לַיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) many among the assembly who not they.had.consecrated.themselves and the Levites \[were\].over the.slaughter of the.passovers for every not clean to consecrate.\[them\] to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* For there were many in the congregation that had not sanctified themselves; therefore the Levites had the charge of killing the passover lambs for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.

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