הָרְג֖וּ

𐤄𐤓𐤂𐤅

haregu

killed

a primitive root; to smite with deadly intent; destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), [idiom] surely.

H2026

2 Samuel 3:30 · Word #4

Lexicon H2026

Lemmaהָרַג
Lemma (Paleo)𐤄𐤓𐤂
Transliterationhârag
Strong'sH2026
In-contextkilled

Morphology HVqp3cp All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation p — Perfect — Completed action
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender c — Common — Common (both genders)
Number p — Plural — Plural

SIBI-P1 H2026-21

they struck down dead

Rootהרג (h-r-g)
Core Meaningsto strike down, to smite fatally, to kill, to slay
Semantic Rangeto kill in battle, to murder, to execute, to slaughter animals, to cause death by violent action
Conceptual Significanceהרג often appears in contexts of warfare, judgment, and bloodguilt, underscoring the gravity of unlawful killing as well as divine or judicial execution. It highlights the seriousness of taking life within covenantal law and narratives of conflict.
Morphological NotesVerb, Qal stem (simple active), perfect (suffix conjugation), 3rd person common plural: "they" completed the action.
Rendering RationaleThe Qal stem expresses the simple active action of the root הרג, which conveys striking with deadly intent. The perfect 3rd common plural form is reflected by "they," and "struck down dead" preserves the sense of an intentional, fatal blow inherent in the root rather than a generic term for death.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root הרג (to strike down, to smite fatally, to kill, to slay)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H2026-01 baharog in the slaying
H2026-02 baharugim among the struck-down ones
H2026-03 behareg in the slaying of

Word Usage (167 occurrences of H2026)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 4:8 וַ/יַּהַרְגֵֽ/הוּ vayaharegehu and killed him
Genesis 4:14 יַֽהַרְגֵֽ/נִי yaharegeni will kill me
Genesis 4:15 הֹרֵ֣ג horeg kills