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To: Doug R who wrote (431601)7/23/2003 12:15:56 AM
From: Gordon A. Langston  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
Nope, the Torah in Hebrew. I edited to explain.

Indeed, "kill" in English is an all-encompassing verb that covers the taking of life in all forms and for all classes of victims. That kind of generalization is expressed in Hebrew through the verb "harag." However, the verb that appears in the Torah's prohibition is a completely different one, " ratsah" which, it would seem, should be rendered "murder." This root refers only to criminal acts of killing.