In Hebrew, the word tirtzach is normally translated to mean murder. In English, murder means unlawful premeditated killing. But if this is the definition of tirtzach, then the commandment lo tirtzach would be a truism, since it would mean “do not make an unlawful premeditated killing”, which essentially means “it is illegal to do a premeditated killing in an illegal manner”.
So what is the true definition of tirtzach?
