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Genesis 22:10

וַ יִּשְׁלַח אַבְרָהָם אֶת יָדֹו וַ יִּקַּח אֶת הַ מַּאֲכֶלֶת לִ שְׁחֹט אֶת בְּנֹו
And Father-of-Tumult is sending forth אֶת-his hand, and he is taking אֶת-the Knife to slaughter752 his builder.
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Strong’s #7819, shachat. To slaughter. The word is normally used in reference to slaughtering animals in sacrifice and not of humans. The miss-offering (sin-offering) is also slaughtered [shachat] in Leviticus 4:33.