קָטַל qâṭal — properly, to cut off, i.e. (figuratively) put to death

pronounced kaw-tal' · Strong's H6991 · 3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as kill, slay.

a primitive root; properly, to cut off, i.e. (figuratively) put to death.

qâṭal in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 3×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Imperfect (yiqtol) 3

יִ֭קְטְלֵנִי Job 13:15 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. (KJV)

יִֽקְטָל Job 24:14 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. (KJV)

תִּקְטֹ֖ל Ps 139:19 Imperfect (yiqtol), 2nd person masculine singular

Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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