1) to murder, slay, kill 1a)(Qal) to murder, slay 1a1) premeditated 1a2) accidental 1a3) as avenger 1a4) slayer (intentional) (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be slain 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to murder, assassinate 1c2) murderer, assassin (participle) (subst) 1d) (Pual) to be killed
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H7523 — רָצַח
ra.tsach · to murder · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Exodus 20:13 · תִּֿרְצָֽ֖ח׃ ס“You shall not murder.Numbers 35:6 · הָרֹצֵ֑חַ“The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to: and besides them you shall give forty-two cities.Numbers 35:11 · רֹצֵ֔חַthen you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.Numbers 35:12 · הָרֹצֵ֔חַThe cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment.Numbers 35:16 · רֹצֵ֣חַֽ · הָרֹצֵֽחַ׃“‘But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.Numbers 35:17 · רֹצֵ֣חַֽ · הָרֹצֵֽחַ׃If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.Numbers 35:18 · רֹצֵ֣חַֽ · הָרֹצֵֽחַ׃Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.Numbers 35:19 · הָרֹצֵ֑חַThe avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meets him, he shall put him to death.Numbers 35:21 · רֹצֵ֣חַֽ · הָרֹצֵ֖חַor in enmity struck him with his hand, so that he died; he who struck him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meets him.Numbers 35:25 · הָרֹצֵ֗חַand the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, where he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.Numbers 35:26 · הָרֹצֵ֑חַ“‘But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, where he flees,Numbers 35:27 · וְרָצַ֞ח · הָ֣רֹצֵ֔חַand the avenger of blood find him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,Numbers 35:28 · הָרֹצֵ֔חַbecause he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession.Numbers 35:30 · יִרְצַ֖ח · הָרֹצֵ֑חַ“‘Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.Numbers 35:31 · רֹצֵ֔חַ“‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.Deuteronomy 4:42 · רוֹצֵ֗חַ · יִרְצַ֤חthat the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn’t hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:Deuteronomy 5:17 · תִּֿרְצָֽח׃ ס“You shall not murder.Deuteronomy 19:3 · רֹצֵֽחַ׃You shall prepare you the way, and divide the borders of your land, which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee there.Deuteronomy 19:4 · הָרֹצֵ֔חַThis is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee there and live: whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn’t hate him in time past;Deuteronomy 19:6 · הָרֹצֵ֗חַlest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he didn’t hate him in time past.Deuteronomy 22:26 · וּרְצָח֣וֹbut to the lady you shall do nothing; there is in the lady no sin worthy of death: for as when a man rises against his neighbor, and kills him, even so is this matter;Joshua 20:3 · רוֹצֵ֔חַthat the manslayer who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.Joshua 20:5 · הָרֹצֵ֖חַIf the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, and didn’t hate him before.Joshua 20:6 · הָרוֹצֵ֗חַHe shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days. Then the manslayer shall return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city he fled from.’”Joshua 21:13 · הָרֹצֵ֔חַTo the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah with its suburbs,Joshua 21:21 · הָרֹצֵ֛חַThey gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,Joshua 21:27 · הָרֹצֵ֔חַThey gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Be Eshterah with its suburbs; two cities.Joshua 21:32 · הָֽרֹצֵ֗חַOut of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, Hammothdor with its suburbs, and Kartan with its suburbs; three cities.Joshua 21:38 · הָרֹצֵ֔חַOut of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,Judges 20:4 · הַנִּרְצָחָ֖הThe Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, “I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.1 Kings 21:19 · הֲרָצַ֖חְתָּYou shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Have you killed and also taken possession?”’ You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours.”’”2 Kings 6:32 · הַֽמְרַצֵּ֤חַBut Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. Then the king sent a man from before him; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Behold, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold the door shut against him. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”Job 24:14 · רוֹצֵ֗חַThe murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.Psalm 62:3 · תְּרָצְּח֪וּHow long will you assault a man, would all of you throw him down, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?Psalm 94:6 · יְרַצֵּֽחוּ׃They kill the widow and the alien, and murder the fatherless.Proverbs 22:13 · אֵֽרָצֵֽחַ׃The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”Isaiah 1:21 · מְרַצְּחִֽים׃How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.Jeremiah 7:9 · רָצֹ֙חַ֙Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods that you have not known,Hosea 4:2 · וְרָצֹ֥חַThere is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.Hosea 6:9 · יְרַצְּחוּ־As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder in the way toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.