הָ/רוֹצֵ֗חַ
𐤄/𐤓𐤅𐤑𐤇
râtsach
the manslayer
To kill a human being illicitly; to commit homicide, especially murder, in deliberate or unlawful contexts. The word frequently designates an act of slaying that is socially or legally condemned rather than sanctioned, distinguishing unpermitted violence from judicial or divinely mandated execution. In certain contexts, it can also refer to manslaughter—unintentional killing—depending on narrative or legal material.
Joshua 20:6 · Word #19
Lexicon H7523
| Lemma | רָצַח |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤓𐤑𐤇 |
| Transliteration | râtsach |
| Strong's | H7523 |
| Definition | To kill a human being illicitly; to commit homicide, especially murder, in deliberate or unlawful contexts. The word frequently designates an act of slaying that is socially or legally condemned rather than sanctioned, distinguishing unpermitted violence from judicial or divinely mandated execution. In certain contexts, it can also refer to manslaughter—unintentional killing—depending on narrative or legal material. |
Morphology HTd/Vqrmsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | r — Participle Active — The one doing the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
Common Translation
| Phrase | the manslayer |
SIBI-P1 Translation H7523-05
the unlawful killer
| Morphological Notes | Qal active participle, masculine singular absolute, with definite article |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal active participle masculine singular denotes "the one who murders." Rendering it as "the unlawful killer" preserves the root’s specific sense of illicit or socially condemned killing rather than general slaying, and reflects the definite article. |
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