Hebrew

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Etymology

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From *qātil-. The Canaanite vowel shift caused the /aː/ to shift to /oː/, while the /i/ became long as a result of being open and adjacent to the stressed syllable. The feminine form goes back to *qātilt- > *qātalt-, where Philippi's law caused the /i/ to change to an /a/, cf. בַּת.

Noun

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קֹטֵל (kotélm (plural indefinite קֹטְלִים, singular construct קֹטֵל־, plural construct קֹטְלֵי־, feminine counterpart קֹטֶלֶת)

Primarily used for forming participles of pa'al/qal verbs, sometimes for independent substantives.

References

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Gesenius, Wilhelm (1910) Hebrew Grammar, page 232, §84s

Derived terms

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