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קטל

קטל

See also: Appendix:Hebrew patterns

Aramaic

Verb

קטל (transliteration needed)

  1. to kill, to murder, to slaughter

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ק־ט־ל

From the root ק־ט־ל (q-T-l), compare Arabic ق ت ل (q-t-l).

Pronunciation 1

Verb

קָטַל (katál) (pa'al construction)

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

Pronunciation 2

Noun

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

  1. Killing, the act of killing.

Pronunciation 3

Verb

קִטֵּל (kitél) (pi'el construction)

  1. Defective spelling of קיטל.

References

  • קטל” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, The New Dictionary), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), ISBN 965-17-0084-X, volume 3 of 3 (ק to ת), page 1185.

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