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nks (a/o) vb. to slaughter
GDGt
Gpəˁalto slaughter animals (as all or part of a sacrifice)1 sense▶
to slaughter animals (as all or part of a sacrifice)
Common (except: OA, OfA, BA)
4QtgLev1.7↗ ויכס‏ : [Lev 16:15 וְשָׁחַט] ; TgO Gen43:16↗ וְכוֹס נִכסְתָא‏ ; PTBer 9.c:22[2]↗ לא תיכסון תרויהון ביומא חד‏ : you must not slaughter the two of them on one day ; GT A Exod21:37↗ או יֶכוֹס‏ ; CPA Lev8:19↗ ܘܢܟܣ ܡܘܫܐ ܕܟܪܐ‏ : Moses slaughtered the ram ; SamTgJ Deut18:3↗ נכסי אנכיסה‏ : those who slaughter a slaughtering ; P Gn22:10↗ ܘܢܣ݂ܒ ܣܟܝܢܐ ܠܡܟܣܗ/ܠܡܢܟܣܗ/ ܠܒܪܗ‏ ; P Dt16:2↗ ܟܘܣ ܦܨܚܐ‏ : slaughter the pessach ; GY 6:17↗ ulanaksia ˁnkustẖ qudamẖ : they do not slaughter his offering before him
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for personal usage or sale
Syr
Am7 180:4↗ ܛܠܝ̈ܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܓܢܒܘܗܝ܃ ܩܲܕܡ݂ܘ ܗܘܘ ܢܟܣܘܗܝ‏ : the lads who had stolen (the sheep) had previously slaughtered it
Dpaˁˁelto slaughter human beings3 senses▶
1
to slaughter human beings
Gal, Sam, Syr, JBAmb, LJLA
SYAP 6:14↗ נכיסו ית אנשיהון סאיבו ית נשיהון‏ : slaughter their men and defile their women ; Marqe 1.610↗ פרעה קעום עלוי נהרה והוא מנכס קבלה‏ : Pharaoh stands over the river "slaughtered" before it ; P Num14:16↗ ܗܘ ܢܟܣ ܐܢܘܢ ܒܡܕܒܪܐ‏ ; IVMac12:11↗ ܕܠܥ̈ܒ݂ܕܘܗܝ ܬܢܟܣ‏ ; JBAmb2 48:10↗ לנכסא [י]ת̊הון משדרנא עליכון‏ ; TgLam4:12↗ לנכסא עמא בית ישראל בתרעי ירושלם‏ : to slaughter the people of Israel at the gates of Jerusalem
2
to slaughter for sacrifice in large numbers
JLAtg, Syr, LJLA
TgJ Is22:13↗ נְקַטֵיל תוֹרִין וֻננַכיֵס עָן‏ ; IMac1:47↗ ܘܠܡܩܡܘ ܦܬܟܪ̈ܐ ܘܠܡܢܟܣܘ ܚܙܝܪ̈ܐ ܘܒܥܝܪܐ ܛܡܐܬܐ‏ : to erect idols and sacrifice pigs and unclean beasts ; TgIIChron 5:6↗ מנכסין ודבחין עאן ותורין דלית להון סכ{י}<ו>מא ולא יתמנון מן סוגעי‏
3
same as G
Sam
Marqe 1.809↗ עד ארבעה עסר ינכס קרבן ליהוה‏
Gtˀeṯpəˁelto be slaughtered1 sense▶
to be slaughtered
JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgO Lev6:18↗ בְאַתרָא דְתִתנְכֵיס עְלָתָא תִתנְכֵיס חַטָתָא‏ : [=MT בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר תִּשָּׁחֵט הָעֹלָה תִּשָּׁחֵט הַחַטָּאת] ; PTKet 35.a:32[2]↗ חמא חד עיגל מיתנכיס‏ : he saw a calf being slaughtered ; TN Gen22:10↗ דנכס לא מעכב ודמתנכס פשט צואריה‏ : the one who was slaughtering did not hesitate while the one being slaughtered stretched out his neck ; P Num11:22↗ ܡܬܢܟܣܝܢ ܠܗܘܢ‏ ; BT Er 53b(14)↗ עמר למלבש או אימר לאיתכסאה‏ : (in a no-laryngeal Galilean dialect)) is עמר something to wear (i.e. wool) or אימר something to be slaughtered (i.e. a sheep) ; PJ Ex21:28↗ יתרגמא יתרגם תורא ולא יתנכס‏ : it must be stoned and not slaughtered
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JLATg imv: כוֹס
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Also Dt in Syriac poetry metri causa.
There is a regular scribal confusion in JLAtg and early Syriac texts between G and D forms; but with the exception of the stories about the "sacrifice" of Isaac, we think the distinction between the use of the G stem with animals and the D stem when people are involved is quite regularly maintained in the better texts.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 919[429]DJPA: 351aDJBA: 754bJastrow: 911Drower/Macuch: 301aJ. Payne-Smith: 340Levy Ch-W: 2:110Tal Sam: 526aDNWSI: 731Audo: 2:98DCPA[Schulthess]: 265[124]Qumran: 156

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