Lexical Definition

‎קָטַל‎ qâṭal (kaw-tal') to slay ^H:V
a primitive root

kill, slay.

• properly, to cut off, i.e. (figuratively) put to death

1) (Qal) to slay, kill

See Greek: ἀποκτείνω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: qe.tal (‎ק‎ְ‎ט‎ַ‎ל‎ "to slay" קְטַל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: קְטַל
[‎קָטַל‎] verb slay (in poetry and late) (Arabic Ethiopic Sabean ‎קתל‎ Hom^Chrest.126, all slay (original form with ‎ת‎; changed later, after ‎ק‎); Aramaic ‎קְטַל‎, ; Old Aramaic ‎קטל‎, ‎כטל‎, ‎קתל‎); —

Qal Imperfect with accusative of person, 3 masculine singular ‎יִקְטָלֿ‎ Job 24:14 suffix, subject God, ‎יִקְטְלֵנִי‎ Job 13:15 of God also 2 masculine singular ‎תִּקְטֹל‎ Ps 139:19.

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