רְצִיחָה

רְצִיחָהf. (רָצַח) case of murder, capital case, capital execution. Snh.35a איןר׳ דוחה שבת capital punishment does not supersede the Sabbath (v. דָּחָה). Mekh. Mishp. s. 4 (ref. to Ex. 21:14) ללמדך עלר׳ שדוחהוכ׳ to intimate that the execution of a culprit supersedes the Temple service; a. fr.