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Etymology
From Aramaic קְטַל (qəṭal).
Verb
קטאלא (qṭāla)
- to kill
- a. 1650, printed in Midrashes in Aramaic of the Jews of Kurdistan, Yona Sabar, 1984
דכד מקוומלא מנד זמרי בר סלוא סרדארת שוטד שמעון, דזניליה אמד כוזבי בת צור סרדארת מדין. וקמליה אילה פינחס בר אלעזר וקטילילה זנאיא וזניתא. ונפליה מותאנא בשוטד שמעון ומתלו מניהון אסרי וארבא אלפיה גוריה מגנאהד דידה.- dəxxəd mqōwəmla mənnəd zəmri bər sālu sardārət šūṭəd šəmʿon, d-znēle ʾəmməd kozbi baṯ ṣūr sardārət məḏyan. ʾu-qəmle ʾīle pənḥas bər ʾəlʿāzar ʾu-qṭilīle zanāya ʾu-zanēṯa. ʾu-npəlle mōṯāna b-šūṭəd šəmʿon ʾu-mətlu mənnēhun ʾəsri ʾu-ʾarba ʾalpe gure m-günāhəd dīde.
- Just as it happened with Zimri son of Salu, a prince of the tribe of Shimon, that he committed adultery with Kozbi daughter of Sur, a prince of Midyan. And Pinhas son of Elazar got up and killed the adulterer and the adulteress. And a plague fell upon the tribe of Shimon and twenty-four thousand of their men died because of his sin.