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In Hebrew words there are patterns of vowels called מִשְׁקָלִים (mishkalím, “patterns”, literally “weights”), that can have different concepts and into which roots are "cast" to create different words. Commonly the consonants of the root are indicated with the placeholder letters ק־ט־ל (k-t-l). Patterns can have affixes and formational dageshes "built" into them in addition to nikud.

pattern	meaning	examples
קְטָל (k'tal, qəṭāl)	—	פְּרָט (prat, “a detail; an individual”), כְּלָל (klal, “a rule; a generality”)
מִקְטָל (miktál, miqṭāl)	sometimes denoting locations	מִבְחָן (mivkhán, “a test”), מִנְזָר (minzár, “a monastery”)
קְטִיל (k'til, qəṭīl)	—	שְׁתִיל (shtíl, “a seedling”), צְלִיל (tslíl, “a sound, a tone”)
הַקְטָלָה (haktalá, hakṭālā)	feminine form of the action noun in binyan hifil	הַצְלָחָה (hatslakhá, “success”), הַפְקָרָה (hafkará, “abandoning”)
קִטּוּל (kitúl, qiṭṭūl)	action noun of binyan piel	סיפור / סִפּוּר (sipúr, “a story, a tale”), בישול / בִּשּׁוּל (bishúl, “cooking”)
קַטָּל (katál, qaṭṭāl)	denoting an occupation or a person having some characteristic	סַפָּר (sapár, “a barber, a hairdresser”), זַמָּר (zamár, “a singer”), חַלָּשׁ (khalásh, “weak”)