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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - שָׁחַט

שָׁחַט

H7820

Transliteration: shâchaṭ

Pronunciation: shaw-khat'

Definition: beat


Original: שׁחט

Transliteration: shâchaṭ

Phonetic: shaw-khat'

BDB Definition:

  1. to beat, hammer
    1. (Qal) beaten (participle)
  2. (TWOT) to kill, slaughter

Origin: a primitive root [identical with H7819" class="dictionary-topic-link">H7819 through the idea of striking]

TWOT entry: 2362

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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