Midvash

שָׁחַטshâchaṭ

slaughter, beat

Pronunciation: shaw-khat' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7820

Meanings

Qal: slaughter (Jeremiah 39:6; Leviticus 3:2; Leviticus 4:24)

1. beast (1 Samuel 14:32; 1 Samuel 14:34; Isaiah 22:13)

2. usually, technical term of killing sacrifice (1 Samuel 1:25; Exodus 29:11; Leviticus 1:5)

3. slaughter, person (Judges 12:6; 1 Kings 18:40; 2 Kings 10:7)

4. passive participle = beaten, hammered (1 Kings 10:16; 1 Kings 10:17; 2 Chronicles 9:15)

Niph`al: be slaughtered (Numbers 11:22; Leviticus 6:18)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 10:16 King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than fifteen pounds.
  • 1 Kings 10:17 He also made 300 smaller shields of hammered gold, each weighing nearly four pounds. The king placed these shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
  • 2 Chronicles 9:15 King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 15 pounds.
  • 2 Chronicles 9:16 He also made 300 smaller shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than 7 1⁄2 pounds. The king placed these shields in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).