הרג

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
   • 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
   • Deuteronomy 13:9, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏כִּי הָרֹג תַּהַרְגֶנּוּ‎

     kī hāroḡ taharəḡénnū

     but thou shalt surely kill him

• רצח‎ (“murder”)

• →⇒ 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

• שְׁחִיטָה‎