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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - רָצַח

רָצַח

H7523

Transliteration: râtsach

Pronunciation: raw-tsakh'

Definition: put to death


Original: רצח

Transliteration: râtsach

Phonetic: raw-tsakh'

BDB Definition:

  1. to murder, slay, kill
    1. (Qal) to murder, slay
      1. premeditated
      2. accidental
      3. as avenger
      4. slayer (intentional) (participle)
    2. (Niphal) to be slain
    3. (Piel)
      1. to murder, assassinate
      2. murderer, assassin (participle) (substantive)
    4. (Pual) to be killed

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2208

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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