General overview of the verb
| Active | Passive | Reflexive | |
| Simple | קָטַל Qal | נִקְטַל Nifal | |
| he killed | he killed himself; he was killed | ||
| Intensive | קִטֵּל Piel | קֻטַּל Pual | הִתְקַטֵּל Hitpael |
| he killed intensely |
he was killed intensely | he killed himself intensely | |
| Causative | הִקְטִיל Hifil | הָקְטַל Hofal | |
| he made kill | one has caused him to kill |