פֶּ֫סַח noun masculine passover (usually (Thes and most) from I. פסח, with reference to 2 Mos 12,13 etc.; ReussGeschichte. AT § 58 passing over into new year; SchaeferPassah-Mazzoth (1900), 346 compare Assyrian pašâ—u, soothe, placate [deity], < be soothed, Pi`el transitive, JenZA iv (1889), 275 ZimBabylonian Rel. i (1896). Glossary; ii (1899), 92; SchwIdiot, 124 from II. פסח, of sacred dance); — absolute ׳פ 2 Mos 12,11 +; פָּ֑סַח v2 Mos 12,21 +; plural פְּסָחִים 2 Kron 30,17 + 3 t.; —
1. sacrifice of Passover, involving communion-meal, hence a species of peace-offering (compare I.
זֶבַח II. 2),
׳הוא לי ׳זֶבַח פ 2 Mos 12,27 (
J), compare v
2 Mos 12,11 (
P);
׳זָבַח פ 5 Mos 16,2;
5 Mos 16,5;
5 Mos 16,6 ׳אבל הפ 2 Kron 30,18 the special feature lay in the application of blood to homes to consecrate them: compare simile Babylonian rite of purification
Zimib. ii. 126-7. 2. the animal victim of the passover: ׳שׁחט פ 2 Mos 12,21 (
J)
2 Kron 30,15;
2 Kron 35,1;
2 Kron 35,6;
2 Kron 35,11;
Ezr 6,20, compare
2 Kron 30,17 באשׁ ׳בשׁל הפ 2 Kron 35,13 לפסחים 2 Kron 35,7;
2 Kron 35,8;
2 Kron 35,9. [Passover animals (compare
BrHex.206) were
צאֹן flock 2 Mos 12,21 (
J),
שֶׁה v
2 Mos 12,3 v
2 Mos 12,4 v
2 Mos 12,5, including
כֶּבֶשׁ and
עֵז v
2 Mos 12,5 (
P);
צאן ובקר 5 Mos 16,2 large numbers of all these (
שֶׂה not used) in Josiah's Passover, active to
2 Kron 35,7;
2 Kron 35,8;
2 Kron 35,9, but evident mingling of whole burnt-offerings for the passover with special passover victim.]
3. festival of the passover : ׳חג הפ 2 Mos 34,25 (
J);
׳(ה)פ 3 Mos 23,5;
4 Mos 28,16;
4 Mos 33,3;
Jos 5,11 (
P)
Ezk 45,21 ׳חֻקַּת הפ 2 Mos 12,43;
4 Mos 9,12;
4 Mos 9,14 (
P);
׳עשׂה פ 2 Mos 12,48;
4 Mos 9,2;
4 Mos 9,4;
4 Mos 9,5;
4 Mos 9,6;
4 Mos 9,10;
4 Mos 9,13;
4 Mos 9,14;
Jos 5,10 (
P)
5 Mos 16,1;
2 Kong 23,21;
2 Kong 23,22;
2 Kong 23,23;
2 Kron 30,1;
2 Kron 30,2;
2 Kron 30,5;
2 Kron 35,1;
2 Kron 35,16;
2 Kron 35,17;
2 Kron 35,18 (twice in verse);
2 Kron 35,19;
Ezr 6,19 it was held in month
הָאָבִיב 5 Mos 16,1,
בָּעָ֑רֶב v
5 Mos 16,6 on 14th day
Jos 5,10 (
P), of 1st month
Ezk 45,21 בֵּין הערבים (
2 Mos 12,6)
3 Mos 23,5;
4 Mos 9,5 (
P); if impossible at that time, then on 14th of 2nd month
4 Mos 9,10;
4 Mos 9,12. [No reference to
פֶּסַח in
E;
J subordinates it to
מַצּוֺת (the great feast of
J E); in
D it predominates over
מצות;
P makes it first in importance (
BrHex.195f.)].]