[anglian]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments#Killing_or_murder rāṣaḥ is a purely Hebrew term. It has no clear cognate in any of the contemporary tongues. The root occurs thirty-eight times in the ot, with fourteen occurrences in Num 35. The initial use of the root appears in the Ten Commandments (Ex 20:13). In that important text it appears in the simple Qal stem with the negative adverb, “You shall not murder,” being a more precise reading than the too-general KJV “thou shalt not kill.” http://forum.yadayahweh.com/yaf_postst1100_Thou-Shall-Not-Kill-or-Murder.aspx

[anglian]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments#Killing_or_murder