To slaughter ritually — the precise verb for killing an offering (1:5, 11), the root of shechitah, kosher slaughter. ⚠ Not to be confused with its near-twin shachat (שָׁחַת, final tav), 'to ruin,' the flood's boomerang verb (6:11) — a different root that only sounds alike. This one, spelled with a final tet, means a clean, deliberate killing at the altar 'before Jehovah.' → first discussed at Lev 1:5