ذبح

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ذبح

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Compare Hebrew זבח (“to slaughter”) and Ugaritic 𐎄𐎁𐎈 (dbḥ).

verb ذَبَحَ · ḏabaḥa · يَذْبَحُ · ذَبْح · ذَابِح

to kill by slitting the throat
to slaughter, to butcher إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُوا بَقَرَةً
Similar: جَزَرَ, نَحَرَ
to massacre
to murder, to slay
to sacrifice, to offer up, to immolate

verb ذَبَّحَ · ḏabbaḥa · يُذَبِّحُ · تَذْبِيح · مُذَبِّح

to kill, to slaughter, to butcher, to massacre, to murder وَإِذْ نَجَّيْنَاكُم مِّنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَاءَكُمْ وَفِي ذَٰلِكُم بَلَاءٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ

noun ذَبْح · ḏabḥ · الذَّبْح · ذَبْحٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of ذَبَحَ (ḏabaḥa) (form I)
slaughter, slaughtering

noun ذِبْح · ḏibḥ · الذِّبْح · ذِبْحٌ

sacrificial victim, blood sacrifice

In English

slay to kill, murder
massacre to kill in considerable numbers
immolate kill as sacrifice
slaughter killing of animals

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {ذبح},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B0%D8%A8%D8%AD},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}