he.reg denotes an act or scene of killing, whether carried out in conflict, judgment, or threatened danger.

The attested uses refer to killing as an event or outcome: it occurs with a sword-strike against enemies, in a city's midst, on a day when towers fall, and as the danger from which people are to be rescued.

1. Killing as an act or resulting devastation · dominant

   The masculine singular noun names killing in scenes of violence and peril. In Esther 9:5 the APB renders a sword-strike against enemies with “slaughter,” while Ezekiel 26:15 places it “in your midst” as the slain groan; Isaiah 30:25 associates it with the fall of towers, Proverbs 24:11 with people staggering toward it, and Isaiah 27:7 frames it alongside those who were slain.

   Esther 9:5Ezekiel 26:15Isaiah 27:7Isaiah 30:25Proverbs 24:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “slaughter” in Esther 9:5, Ezekiel 26:15, Isaiah 30:25, and Proverbs 24:11, while Isaiah 27:7 expresses the clause with “slain.” These renderings confirm the verses' violent-killing context rather than establish separate meanings.