Biblical Hebrew

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hebrew #6991 - קָטַל qatal (to slay)


Original Word:קָטַל
Transliteration: qatal
Definition:to slay
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(kaw-tal')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

kill, slay

A primitive root; properly, to cut off, i.e. (figuratively) put to death -- kill, slay.


Englishman's Concordance

1) (Qal) to slay, kill
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2008

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

QalImperfect with accusative of person, 3 masculine singular יִקְטָלֿJob 24:14; suffix, subject God, יִקְטְלֵנִיJob 13:15; of God also 2masculine singular תִּקְטֹלPsalm 139:19.

[קְטַל] verbslay (ᵑ7 Syriac (often); see Biblical Hebrew (late, rare)); —

Pe`alParticiple activeקָטֵלDaniel 5:19, accusative of person

Pe`îlbe slain: Perfect3masculine singular קְטִילDaniel 5:30, 3feminine singular קְטִילַתDaniel 7:11.

Pa`elslay: Perfect3masculine singular קַטִּלDaniel 3:22 (accusative of person); InfinitiveלְקַטָּלָהDaniel 2:14 (ל accusative of person).

Hithpe`elbe slain: InfinitiveלְהִתְקְטָלָהDaniel 2:13; Participle (=gerundive, K§ 76, 3) plural מִתְקַטְלִיןDaniel 2:13 were to be slain.


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6991. קָטַל (qatal) — 3 Occurrences

Job 13:15
HEB: הֵ֣ן יִ֭קְטְלֵנִי [לֹא כ]
NAS: Though He slay me, I will hope
KJV: Though he slay me, yet will I trust
INT: Though slay not will hope

Job 24:14
HEB:יָ֘ק֤וּם רוֹצֵ֗חַ יִֽקְטָל־ עָנִ֥י וְאֶבְי֑וֹן
NAS: at dawn; He kills the poor
KJV: with the light killeth the poor
INT: arises the murderer kills the poor and the needy

Psalm 139:19
HEB: אִם־ תִּקְטֹ֖ל אֱל֥וֹהַּ ׀ רָשָׁ֑ע
NAS: O that You would slay the wicked,
KJV:Surely thou wilt slay the wicked,
INT: O slay God the wicked

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