מְרַצְּחִֽים
𐤌𐤓𐤑𐤇𐤉𐤌
râtsach
murderers
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.
Isaiah 1:21 · Word #12
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 HVprmpa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | p — Piel — Intensive active |
| Conjugation | r — Participle Active — The one doing the action |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | p — Plural — Plural |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
Common Translation
| Phrase | murderers |
SIBI-P1 Translation H7523-06
murdering ones
| Morphological Notes | Piel active participle, masculine plural, absolute state. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Piel stem intensifies the action of illicit killing, and the masculine plural active participle denotes those characterized by committing such acts. "Murdering ones" preserves the verbal force and plural masculine form. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
murderers
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | Changed from 'murdering ones' to 'murderers' for proper English usage of the adjectival participle in this context. 'Murderers' is a more natural rendering for the Hebrew plural participle. |