קְטַל
Used: 7 times · Key: lemma:קְטַל · BDB: קְטל
Glosses
[were].about.to.be.killed (1); be.killed (1); he.was.killed (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
slay tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. slay Peʿîl tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. slay (𝔗 Syriac (often); v. BH (late, rare));— Pt. act. קָטֵל Dn 5:19, acc. pers. Peʿîl be slain: Pf. 3 ms. קְטִיל 5:30, 3 fs. קְטִילַת 7:11. slay: Pf. 3 ms. קַטִּל 3:22 (acc. pers.); Inf. לְקַטָּלָה 2:14 (ל acc. pers.). be slain: Inf. לְהִתְקְטָלָה 2:13; Pt. (= gerundive, K§ 76, 3) pl. מִתְקַטְלִין v 13 were to be slain.
Jastrow 1903
קְטַל: to cut to kill ṭarof to Kill to be killed, put to death tree →
The whole Jastrow entry
to cut. Snh. 74ᵇ if a gentile says to a Jew, קְטוֹל אספסתא וכ׳ cut grass on the Sabbath and throw it to the cattle, or I shall kill thee, לִיקְטִיל ולא לִיקְטְלֵיה let him cut, that he (the gentile) may not kill him; שדי לנהרא ליקטליה ולא ליקטול but if he says to him, (cut grass and) throw it into the river, let him (the gentile) kill him, but he must not cut, because the gentile’s intention is merely to make him commit a sin; Yeb. 121ᵇ. Sabb. 95ᵃ רבך קָטֵיל … הוה thy teacher must have been a cutter of reeds in the marsh (an ignorant man); Snh. 33ᵃ אטו אנן קַטְלֵי וכ׳ are we reed-cutters?; a. e. to kill. Targ. Gen. V, 8. Targ. Ex. IV, 23, sq.; a. fr.—Part. pass. קְטִיל, קְטִילָא; f. קְטִילָא; pl. קְטִילִין, קְטִילַיָּא; קְטִילָן. Targ. II Sam. XXIII, 8. Targ. Prov. VII, 26; a. fr.—Cant. R. to III, 4 אריא קטילא קְטִילַת thou hast killed a dead lion; Snh. 96ᵇ עמא ק׳ קַטְלַת thou hast killed a dead people, v. טְחַן. Ib. 74ᵃ אמר … זיל קַטְלֵיה … ואי לא קַטְלִינָא לן the governor of my place told me, go and kill that man, or I shall kill thee; א"ל לִיקְטְלוּךְ ולא תִיקְטוֹל וכ׳ said he (Raba) to him, let them kill thee, but do thou not kill; who tells thee that thy blood is redder &c.? Cant. R. to IV, 1 (expl. טרף, Gen. VIII, 11) קטיל וכ׳ killed, as we read (Gen. XXXVII, 33) ṭarof &c.; אמר לה אילו לא קְטַלְתִּינֵיה וכ׳ he (Noah) said to her (the dove), hadst thou not killed it, it would have become a big tree; Lev. R. s. 31 אילו לא קְטַלְתֵּיה; Yalk. Gen. 59; (Gen. R. s. 33 אילו שבקתה); a. fr. same, to Kill. Targ. Ex. XVII, 3. Targ. II Kings XVII, 26; a. fr.—Y. Taan. IV, 69ᵃ והוון רומים … ומְקַטְּלִין לון the Romans came and massacred them (the inhabitants); a. e. to be killed, put to death. Targ. Ex. XXI, 15. Targ. Prov. XXII, 13; a. fr.—Keth. 35ᵇ אע"ג דמִיקְּטִיל משלם although he is to be put to death, he must pay damages; a. e.
Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «קְטַל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
בֵּ֚הּ בְּלֵ֣ילְיָ֔א קְטִ֕יל בֵּלְאשַׁצַּ֖ר מַלְכָּ֥א כַשְׂדָּאָֽה׃פ
Word for word: on it on the night he.was.killed Belshazzar the king the Chaldean
JPS 1917: In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain.
וְדָתָ֣א נֶפְקַ֔ת וְחַכִּֽימַיָּ֖א מִֽתְקַטְּלִ֑ין וּבְע֛וֹ דָּנִיֵּ֥אל וְחַבְר֖וֹהִי לְהִתְקְטָלָֽה׃פ
Word for word: and the decree it.went.out and the.wise men [were].about.to.be.killed and they.sought Daniel and companions his to be.killed
JPS 1917: So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
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