טָבַח

vb. slaughter, butcher, slay (NH id. (rare) and deriv.; Ph. טבח pt.; Assyrian ṭabâḫu Asrb.Annals iii. 56; Aramaic ܛܒܰܚ, טְבַח (rare) and deriv.; Arabic طَبَخَ cook meat, also bake bread; Ethiopic ጠብሐ slay)— Pf. 3 ms. sf. וּטְבָחוֹ consec. Ex 21:37; 3 fs. טָֽבְחָה Pr 9:2; 2 ms. טָבַחְתָּ La 2:21; 1 s. טָבַחְתִּי 1 S 25:11; Imv. וּטְבֹחַ Gn 43:16; Inf. cstr. טְבֹחַ Ez 21:15; לִטְבֿוֹחַ ψ 37:14 + 3 times (so Baer; van d. H לִטֽבּוֹחַ, except לִטְב֑וֹחַ Je 51:40); Pt. pass. טָבוּחַ Dt 28:31;— slaughter, butcher animals for food Ex 21:37 (E), Pr 9:2 (fig. of Wisdom’s furnishing her table); so c. acc. cogn. ט׳ טֶבַח Gn 43:16 (J), ט׳ טִבְחָה 1 S 25:11; cf. also Dt 28:31, where punishment lies in fact that the owner does not eat of the slain ox; כְּכֶשֶׂב אַלּוּף יוּבַל לִטְבֿ֑וֹחַ Je 11:19 like a mild lamb that is led to slaughter, sim. of the prophet exposed to his enemies, 51:40 sim. of י׳’s vengeance upon Babylon (v. also טֶבַח, טִבְחָה), 25:34 of kings and rulers, under fig. of shepherds & choice sheep. poet. & fig., slay, kill ruthlessly, c. acc. pers. ψ 37:14; abs. La 2:21 (‖ הָרַג; opp. חמל); c. acc. cogn. ט׳ טֶבַח Ez 21:15 of a sword sharpened for the slaughter of Isr. in judgment.