הרג

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Hebrew

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Root
ה־ר־ג (h-r-g)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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

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Descendants

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  • Yiddish: הרגענען (hargenen)

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Noun

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הֶרֶג (héregm [pattern: קֶטֶל]

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

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