ze.vach denotes a sacrificial offering, often involving animals, blood, altar ritual, and at times a meal.

The term most often denotes a sacrificial offering in worship, whether brought before the LORD, associated with an altar, or eaten in a sacrificial setting. In Ezekiel 39:17 and Ezekiel 39:19, the same sacrificial framing is applied to a great prepared slaughter from which birds and beasts eat flesh and drink blood.

1. Ritual sacrificial offering · dominant

   The noun identifies an offering brought in worship and can stand alongside burnt offerings, blood, meat, and altar activity. In Deuteronomy 12:27 the APB renders the clause about blood being poured on the LORD's altar and meat being eaten; in Leviticus 19:6 it renders the offering as food eaten on the day of the sacrifice and the following day. In 1 Kings 8:63, the construct singular occurs in the king's large offering to the LORD during the dedication of the house.

   Deuteronomy 12:27Leviticus 19:61 Kings 8:63Exodus 12:271 Samuel 9:132 Chronicles 33:16
2. Prepared slaughter depicted as a sacrificial feast · rare

   In Ezekiel 39:17, the construct form occurs twice in the summons to birds and field animals to a great sacrifice prepared on Israel's mountains, where they will eat flesh and drink blood. Ezekiel 39:19 continues that scene, with fat and blood consumed at the sacrifice prepared for them.

   Ezekiel 39:17Ezekiel 39:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB commonly uses “sacrifice” or “sacrifices” and sometimes includes phrases such as “peace offerings” or “thanksgiving sacrifice.” Those fuller English labels describe the verse's presentation rather than establishing separate meanings for the lemma.