הֲ/רָצַ֖חְתָּ
𐤄/𐤓𐤑𐤇𐤕
râtsach
Have-you-murdered?
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.
1 Kings 21:19 · Word #7
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 HTi/Vqp2ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | p — Perfect — Completed action |
| Person | 2 — 2nd person — Second person ("you") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | Have-you-murdered? |
SIBI-P1 Translation H7523-04
you have murdered
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Qal stem, perfect conjugation, 2nd person masculine singular. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal stem preserves the simple active sense of committing illicit killing. The perfect 2nd person masculine singular is rendered as "you have murdered," reflecting completed action addressed to a male individual. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
have you murdered
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | P2 inverts to question form ('have you murdered') matching the interrogative Hebrew (with הֲ). P1 was not phrased as a question despite the Hebrew grammar. |