STRONGS NUMBER H6991


Word Summary
qatal: to slay
Original Word: קָטַל
Transliteration: qatal
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-tal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to slay
Meaning: to cut off, put to death
Strong's Concordance
kill, slay

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6991. qatal

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

Qal Imperfect with accusative of person, 3 masculine singular יִקְטָלֿJob 24:14; suffix, subject God, יִקְטְלֵנִי13:15; of God also 2masculine singular תִּקְטֹלPsalm 139:19.

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

Pe`al Participle active קָטֵלDaniel 5:19, accusative of person

Pe`îl be slain: Perfect3masculine singular קְטִילDaniel 5:30, 3feminine singular קְטִילַת7:11.

Pa`el slay: Perfect3masculine singular קַטִּלDaniel 3:22 (accusative of person); Infinitive לְקַטָּלָה2:14 (ל‎ accusative of person).

Hithpe`el be slain: Infinitive לְהִתְקְטָלָהDaniel 2:13; Participle (= gerundive, K§ 76, 3) plural מִתְקַטְלִין2:13 were to be slain.