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title: קָטַל — slay · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָטַל (6991), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: slay. BDB 1906: vb. slay. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָטַל

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«קָטַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **slay** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 6991 · **BDB:** קָטַל

### Glosses

he (1); he.kills (1); you.will.kill (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

slay [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6991/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. slay [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6991/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. slay (poet. and late) (Arabic قَتَلَ Ethiopic ቀተለ Sab. קתל HomChrest. 126, all slay (orig. form with ת; changed later, after ק); Aramaic קְטַל, ܩܛܰܠ; Old Aramaic קטל, כטל, קתל);— Impf. c. acc. pers., 3 ms. יִקְטָל־ Jb 24:14; sf., subj. God, יִקְטְלֵנִי 13:15; of God also 2 ms. תִּקְטֹל ψ 139:19.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָטַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6991/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 139:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.19/)

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אִם־תִּקְטֹ֖ל אֱל֥וֹהַּ ׀ רָשָׁ֑ע וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י דָ֝מִ֗ים ס֣וּרוּ מֶֽנִּי׃

*Word for word:* if you.will.kill O.God \[the\].wicked and O.men of.blood(s) depart from me

*JPS 1917:* If Thou but wouldest slay the wicked, O God — depart from me therefore, ye men of blood;

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[Job 13:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.15/)

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הֵ֣ן יִ֭קְטְלֵנִי ל֣וֹ אֲיַחֵ֑ל אַךְ־דְּ֝רָכַ֗י אֶל־פָּנָ֥יו אוֹכִֽיחַ׃

*Word for word:* there! he will.kill.me for him I.will.wait nevertheless ways my to face his I.will.argue

*JPS 1917:* Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him; but I will argue my ways before Him.

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