Lexicon
קֶ֫טֶל
qe.tel
H6993
H:N-M Hebrew

slaughter

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qe.tel denotes the slaughter by which people are cut off in the judgment scene of Obadiah 1:9.

The attested use denotes slaughter as the means by which people are cut off from the mountain of Esau in Obadiah 1:9.

Senses in use

  1. Slaughter that cuts people off · dominant

    In Obadiah 1:9, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the clause describing every man being cut off from the mountain of Esau; the APB renders the clause "so that every man may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Obadiah 1:9, the APB presents the clause with "by slaughter,".

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