מקורFrom the root ק־ט־ר (q-t-r), referring to smoke, steam, or burning.
- steam, smoke, vapour
“וַיַּשְׁקֵף עַל פְּנֵי סְדֹם וַעֲמֹרָה וְעַל כָּל פְּנֵי אֶרֶץ הַכִּכָּר וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה עָלָה קִיטֹר הָאָרֶץ כְּקִיטֹר הַכִּבְשָׁן׃” — And he looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the Plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
“אֵשׁ וּבָרָד שֶׁלֶג וְקִיטוֹר רוּחַ סְעָרָה עֹשָׂה דְבָרוֹ׃” — Fire and hail, snow and vapour, Stormy wind, fulfilling His word.
- masculineoffering incense
“אֵינוֹ חַיָּב אֶלָּא עַל דָּבָר שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ מַעֲשֶׂה כְּגוֹן זִבּוּחַ קִטּוּר וְנִסּוּךְ וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוָאָה” — one is only liable for idolatry performed actively, such as sacrificing, offering incence, pouring libations, and prostrating.
צורותקִיטוֹר(canonical, masculine) · kitór(romanization) · קִטּוּר(canonical, masculine) · kitúr(romanization)