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zāvaḥ זָבַח ‘to sacrifice’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

zāvaḥ v
1) to slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to slaughter for sacrifice
  1a2) to slaughter for eating
  1a3) to slaughter in divine judgment
 1b) (Piel) to sacrifice, offer sacrifice

Mentioned in Genesis 46:1, 31:54 Exodus 13:15, 20:24, 8:4, 8:21, 5:3, 34:15, 8:25, 3:18, 8:23, 32:8, 5:8, 8:22, 8:24, 22:19, 5:17, 24:5, 23:18 Codex Leviticus 17:5, 17:7, 9:4, 19:5, 22:29 Numbers 22:40 Deuteronomy 32:17, 15:21, 12:15, 12:21, 16:5, 27:7, 16:6, 16:2, 17:1, 18:3, 16:4, 33:19 Joshua 8:31 Judges 16:23, 2:5 1 Samuel 6:15, 16:2, 1:3, 1:21, 2:13, 2:15, 2:19, 11:15, 10:8, 15:15, 15:21, 1:4, 16:5, 28:24 2 Samuel 15:12, 6:13 1 Kings 3:3, 1:19, 1:25, 1:9, 13:2, 19:21, 22:44, 11:8, 3:4, 8:63, 8:5, 12:32, 3:2, 8:62 2 Kings 23:20, 17:35, 17:36, 15:35, 12:4, 14:4, 15:4, 16:4 Isaiah 66:3, 65:3, 57:7 Ezekiel 39:17, 16:20, 34:3, 39:19, 20:28 Hosea 13:2, 12:12, 8:13, 4:13, 4:14, 11:2 Jonah 1:16, 2:10 Habakkuk 1:16 Zechariah 14:21 Malachi 1:14, 1:8 Psalms 27:6, 4:6, 50:14, 50:23, 106:38, 106:37, 54:8, 107:22, 116:17 Ecclesiastes 9:2 Ezra 4:2 Nehemiah 3:34, 12:43 1 Chronicles 15:26, 29:21, 21:28 2 Chronicles 11:16, 30:22, 33:22, 33:17, 18:2, 7:5, 28:23, 33:16, 15:11, 5:6, 34:4, 28:4, 7:4

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