טָבַח ṭâbach — to slaughter (animals or men)
Translated in the KJV as kill, slaughter, slay.
a primitive root; to slaughter (animals or men).
ṭâbach in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Infinitive construct 5Perfect (qatal) 3Imperative 1Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Participle (passive) 1
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›