הרג

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הָרַג • (harág) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נֶהֱרַג)

1. to kill (put to death).
   • c. 700 BCE, Genesis 4:14:

     הֵן֩ גֵּרַ֨שְׁתָּ אֹתִ֜י הַיּ֗וֹם מֵעַל֙ פְּנֵ֣י הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה וּמִפָּנֶ֖יךָ אֶסָּתֵ֑ר וְהָיִ֜יתִי נָ֤ע וָנָד֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ וְהָיָ֥ה כָל־מֹֽצְאִ֖י יַֽהַרְגֵֽנִי

     Here you have driven me from the face of the earth, and from you I will be hidden, and I will be a wanderer and an exile on the land, and it will happen that whoever finds me will kill me.

   • 1994, The Lion King, spoken by Scar (Eli Gorenstein):

     אני הרגתי את מופסה!

     Aní harágti et Mufása!

     I killed Mufasa!

2. (informal) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   אתה הורג אותי.

   atá horég otí.

   You're killing me.

3. (הֹרֵג, horég) masculine singular present participle and present tense of הָרַג
   • Tanach, Exodus 4:23, with Young's Literal Translation:

     הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי הֹרֵג אֶת־בִּנְךָ בְּכֹרֶך

     hinnē ānoḵī hōrēḡ eṯ-binḵā bəḵōréḵā

     lo, I am slaying thy son, thy first-born

4. (הָרֹג, haróg) infinitive absolute of הָרַג
   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 13:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     כִּי הָרֹג תַּהַרְגֶנּוּ

     kī hāroḡ taharəḡénnū

     but thou shalt surely kill him

• רצח (“murder”)

• הוֹצָאָה לְהוֹרֵג (hotsa'á lehorég)

• →⇒ Yiddish: הרגענען (hargenen)

• H2026 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

הֶרֶג • (héreg) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. (uncountable) killing, murder, slaughter, massacre

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