קָטַל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6991

slay — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

slay tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קָטַל: vb. slay tree →

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.

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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he (1); he kills (1); you will kill (1).

In the verses

Psalms 139:19 · tree →

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;

Job 13:15 · tree →

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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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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