flay

verb (flays, flayed, flaying)

«flay» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To flay an animal is to strip the skin off it. tree →
(old use, cruel) To flay a person is to punish them by stripping off their skin. tree →

in old tales, a cruel punishment, or the work of skinning a calf after it is killed

Let him be flayed alive, or burnt at a slow fire. tree →
What you smell so must be the calf which I have just now killed and flayed. tree →

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The priest or offerer skinned the burnt-offering before cutting it into pieces for the altar.

Interpretation. The law says the hide of a burnt-offering goes to the priest. The careful steps show that sacrifice was done in a set order.

And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces. (Torah LEV.1.6, JPS 1917) tree →
And they killed the passover lamb, and the priests dashed the blood, which they received of their hand, and the Levites flayed them. (Writings 2CH.35.11, JPS 1917) tree →
Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones; yea, they chop them in pieces, as that which is in the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. (Prophets MIC.3.3, JPS 1917) tree →

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