From *qitl-. Hebrew doesn't allow consonant clusters at the end of words, which came to be as a result of the decline of the case system. For this reason words of the form *qatl-, *qitl- and *qutl- were broken up and usually became segolates (bisyllabic words with stress on the first syllable and a segol in the second one), thus regularly yielding "qetel" or "qotel".
קֵטֶל • (kétel, qḗṭel) m (plural indefinite קְטָלִים, plural construct קִטְלֵי־)
{{rfdef}}.| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | קֵטֶל | first | קִטְלִי | קִטְלֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַקֵּטֶל | second | קִטְלְךָ | קִטְלֵךְ | קִטְלְכֶם | קִטְלְכֶן | |
| construct | קֵטֶל־ | third | קִטְלוֹ | קִטְלָהּ | קִטְלָם | קִטְלָן | |
| dual | indefinite | קטליים / קִטְלַיִם | first | קטליי / קִטְלַי | קִטְלֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הקטליים / הַקִּטְלַיִם | second | קִטְלֶיךָ | קטלייך / קִטְלַיִךְ | קִטְלֵיכֶם | קִטְלֵיכֶן | |
| construct | קִטְלֵי־ | third | קִטְלָיו | קִטְלֶיהָ | קִטְלֵיהֶם | קִטְלֵיהֶן | |
| plural | indefinite | קְטָלִים | first | קטליי / קְטָלַי | קְטָלֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַקְּטָלִים | second | קְטָלֶיךָ | קטלייך / קְטָלַיִךְ | קִטְלֵיכֶם | קִטְלֵיכֶן | |
| construct | קִטְלֵי־ | third | קְטָלָיו | קְטָלֶיהָ | קִטְלֵיהֶם | קִטְלֵיהֶן | |