קטל

See also: Appendix:Hebrew patterns

Aramaic

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *ḳaṭal-.

Verb

קטל • (qəṭal)

1. to kill, to murder, to slaughter

Hebrew

Root
ק־ט־ל (q-ṭ-l)

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *ḳatal-. Cognate with Arabic قَتَلَ (qatala).

Pronunciation 1

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kaˈtal/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /qɔˈtˤal/

Verb

קָטַל • (katál) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. To kill, to cause the death of.
2. (modern) To kill, to completely cancel.

Conjugation

Conjugation of קָטַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לקטול / לִקְטֹל action noun: קְטִילָה passive participle: קָטוּל
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	קָטַלְתִּי		קָטַלְנוּ
	second	קָטַלְתָּ	קָטַלְתְּ	קְטַלְתֶּם1	קְטַלְתֶּן1
	third	קָטַל	קָטְלָה	קָטְלוּ
present		קוֹטֵל	קוֹטֶלֶת	קוֹטְלִים	קוֹטְלוֹת
future	first	אקטול / אֶקְטֹל		נקטול / נִקְטֹל
	second	תקטול / תִּקְטֹל	תִּקְטְלִי	תִּקְטְלוּ	תקטולנה / תִּקְטֹלְנָה2
	third	יקטול / יִקְטֹל	תקטול / תִּקְטֹל	יִקְטְלוּ	תקטולנה / תִּקְטֹלְנָה2
imperative		קטול / קְטֹל	קִטְלִי	קִטְלוּ	קטולנה / קְטֹלְנָה2
notes		Pronounced קָטַלְתֶּם and קָטַלְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Pronunciation 2

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈke.tel/

Noun

קֶטֶל • (kétel) m (no plural forms, singular construct קֶטֶל־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. Killing, the act of killing.

References

• H6993 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Pronunciation 3

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kiˈtel/

Verb

קִטֵּל • (kitél) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

1. defective spelling of קיטל.

References

• “קטל” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 3 of 3 (ק to ת), page 1185.

Anagrams

• קלט