sha.cha.tah denotes slaughtering presented as a deepened form of rebellion in Hosea 5:2.

The attested use presents slaughtering within a clause that characterizes rebellion as having been deepened.

1. Slaughtering as deepened rebellion · dominant

   In Hosea 5:2, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in the clause describing rebellion as deepened; the APB renders the verse, "They have deepened slaughtering rebellion, and I will discipline all of them."

   Hosea 5:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Hosea 5:2, the APB includes "slaughtering" in its rendering of the clause about deepened rebellion. Its precise correspondence to the noun cannot be isolated further.