שָׁחַט shâchaṭ — to hammer out

pronounced shaw-khat' · Strong's H7820 · 5 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as beat.

a primitive root (identical with H7819 through the idea of striking); to hammer out.

shâchaṭ in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 5×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Participle (passive) 5

שָׁח֑וּט 1Kgs 10:16 Participle (passive), masculine singular

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. (KJV)

שָׁח֔וּט 1Kgs 10:17 Participle (passive), masculine singular

And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. (KJV)

שָׁח֑וּט 2Chr 9:15 Participle (passive), masculine singular

And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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