רֶצַח
retsach · crushing; murder
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7524 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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retsach (רֶצַח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “crushing; murder”.
A shattering blow, slaughter, murder. It comes from the verb "to murder".
How to say it
re·tsach
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A shattering blow; slaughter.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 42:10
With murder in my bones my adversaries reproach me, when they say to me all the day, “Where is your Elohim?”
- Ezekiel 21:22
In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in murder, to raise the voice with a shout, to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a siege ramp, to build a siege tower.