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Strong's #6991 - קָטַל
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
1) (Qal) to slay, kill
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2702) luq (קתהל QThL) AC: Kill CO: ? AB: ?: A cutting off by killing. [from: uq- made short by cutting]
V) luq (קתהל QThL) - Kill: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (10): (vf: Paal) slay, kill - Strongs: H6991 (קָטַל), H6992 (קְטַל)
Nm) luq (קתהל QThL) - Slaughter: KJV (1): slaughter - Strongs: H6993 (קֶטֶל)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Ethiopic 
Sabean קתל Hom Chrest.126, all slay (original form with ת; changed later, after ק); Aramaic קְטַל, 
; Old Aramaic קטל, כטל, קתל); — Qal Imperfect with accusative of person, 3 masculine singular יִקְטָלֿ Job 24:14; suffix, subject God, יִקְטְלֵנִי Job 13:15; of God also 2 masculine singular תִּקְטֹל Psalm 139:19.
[קְטַל] verb slay (ᵑ7 Syriac (often); see Biblical Hebrew (late, rare)); —
Pe`al Participle active קָטֵל Daniel 5:19, accusative of person
Pe`îl be slain: Perfect 3 masculine singular קְטִיל Daniel 5:30,3feminine singular קְטִילַת Daniel 7:11.
Pa`el slay: Perfect 3 masculine singular קַטִּל Daniel 3:22 (accusative of person); Infinitive לְקַטָּלָה Daniel 2:14 (ל accusative of person).
Hithpe`el be slain: Infinitive לְהִתְקְטָלָה Daniel 2:13; Participle (= gerundive, K§ 76,3) plural מִתְקַטְלִין Daniel 2:13 were to be slain.
קָטַל fut. יִקְטֹל to kill, to slay, a poet. word, Psalms 139:19; Job 13:15, 24:14. (Syr. and Chald. id., Arab. قتل, Eth. ቀተለ፡ The primary idea is that of cutting; see קָטַב. To this accords perhaps the Gr. ΚτειΝω.)
Derivative, קֶטֶל.
