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Genesis 37:36

And the Contentious-ones have sold אֶת-him toward Dual-Strait, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh prince of the Butchers.1182

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Strong’s #2876, tabbach. Tabbachim = The Butchers. Definite article referring to something specific. From tabach; properly, a butcher; hence, a lifeguardsman (because he was acting as an executioner); also a cook (usually slaughtering the animal for food) -- cook, guard.