{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7523",
  "lemma": "רָצַח",
  "transliteration": "râtsach",
  "definition": "properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murder",
  "kjv": "put to death, kill, (man-) slay(-er), murder(-er).",
  "occurrences": 47,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "רָצַח vb. murder, slay",
    "Qal murder, slay, with premeditation",
    "Niph. I shall be slain",
    "Pi. (intens.) murder, assassinate",
    "Pu. ye murder"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 20:13",
      "text": "“You shall not murder.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/20?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 35:6",
      "text": "“The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/35?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 35:11",
      "text": "then you shall appoint for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the man slayer who kills any person…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/35?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 35:12",
      "text": "The cities shall be for your refuge from the avenger, that the man slayer not die until he stands before the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/35?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 35:16",
      "text": "“‘But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/35?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 35:17",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/35?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 35:18",
      "text": "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…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/35?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 35:19",
      "text": "The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death. When he meets him, he shall put him to death.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/35?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 35:21",
      "text": "or in hostility struck him with his hand, so that he died, he who struck him shall surely be put to death. He is a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/35?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 35:25",
      "text": "The congregation shall deliver the man slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/35?v=25"
    }
  ],
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