Lexical Summary qalal: to be slight, swift or trifling Original Word: קָלַלTransliteration: qalal Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-lal') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to be slight, swift or trifling Meaning: to be slight, swift or trifling Strong's Concordance abate, make bright, bring into contempt, accurse, despise, be easyA primitive root; to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) Or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.) -- abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-)curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), X slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-)vile, whet. Brown-Driver-Briggs H7043. qalal [קָלַל]82 verb be slight, swift, trifling (probably originally be light; Late Hebrew [קָלַל], קִלֵּל קַל,=Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian ‡alâlu II. depise, dishonour; so Tel Amarna (apparently Canaanism); Arabic be small, scanty; Sabean קללם scanty Hal 143.8f. (compare FellZMG liv (1900), 246); Ethiopic be light, Small, easy; II. despise; Targum קְלַל, Syriac = Biblical Hebrew; also (see Pilpel, etc.) Arabic shake, : vibrate, whirl (of sword), : see be shaken; — SchwZAW xi (1891), 170 ff. thinks shake original, see מַקֵּל); — Qal Perfect2masculine singular קַלּוֺתָ Nahum 1:14; 1singular קַלֹּתי Job 40:4; 3plural קַלּוּ Genesis 8:11 +; Imperfect. 3 feminine singular וַתֵּקַל 16:4; 1singular וָאֵקַל 16:5; 3masculine plural יֵָ֑קלּוּ 1 Samuel 2:30; — 1 be slight, of water, be abated, fr off (מֵעַל) earth Genesis 8:8, 11(J). 2 be swift, with מִן compare, of warriors 2 Samuel 1:23, horses Jeremiah 4:13; Habakkuk 1:8; one's days Job 7:6; 9:25. 3 trifling, i.e. of little account., of person, Genesis 16:4-5, (J; both with בְּעֵינֶיהָ; 1 Samuel 2:30 (opposed to אֲכַבֵּד). Niph`al Perfect3masculine singular נָקֵל (Ges §67 t.) 2 Kings 20:30 +, וְנָקַל consecutive 2 Kings 3:18; נָקָ֑ל Proverbs 14:6; 1singular consecutive וּנְקַלֹּתִי 2 Samuel 6:22; Imperfect3masculine plural יִקַּ֫לּוּ Isaiah 30:16; Participle feminine נְקַלָּה (עַלֿ) Jeremiah 6:14: + 2t ; — 1 shew oneself swift Isaiah 30:16 ("" נִרְכָּ֑ב עַלקַֿל). 2 appear trifling, 1 Samuel 18:23 (בְּעֵינֵיכֶם; Infinitive subject, compare Dr), with מִן compare be too trifling Isaiah 49:6, especially of sin 1 Kings 16:31 (Infinitive subject), and (with מִן compare) Ezekiel 8:17; easy 2 Kings 3:18 (בְּעֵנַי), 20:10 (c. Infinitive), Proverbs 14:6; Participle (as substantive) with עַל in adverb phraseעַלנְֿקַלָּה lightly i.e. superficially, Jeremiah 6:14; 8:11. 3 be lightly esteemed 2 Samuel 6:22 ("" שָׁפָל; opposed to אִכָּכֵ֑דָה). Pi`el40 Perfect3masculine singular קִלֵּל 2 Samuel 19:22 +, etc.; Imperfect יְקַלֵּל Leviticus 20:9 +, etc : Imperative masculine singular קַלֵּל 2 Samuel 16:10; Infinitive construct קַלֵּל Genesis 8:21: Joshua 24:9, etc.; Participle מְקַלֵּל Exodus 21:17 +; suffixמקללוני כֻלֹּה Jeremiah 15:10, read מְקַלְלַוְנִי! (Baer); error for קִלְלוּנִי כֻּלְּהֶם JDMich Gf Gie Du and others, etc.; — curse (properly make contemptible): 1 with accusative of person homin. Exodus 21:27 (E), Genesis 12:3 (J), Leviticus 19:14 (H), Judges 9:27; 2 Samuel 16:9 16t.; קְלָלָה קִלְלַנִי 1 Kings 2:8; object omitted 2 Samuel 16:5, 7, 10, 11, 13; Psalm 62:5; 109:28 (opposed to בֵּרַךְ); acc person + ב of oath 1 Samuel 17:43; 2 Kings 2:24; with כ of oath alone Isaiah 8:21. 2 with accusative dei Exodus 22:27 (E), Leviticus 24:15 (H), 1 Samuel 3:13 (reading אֱלֹהִים for ᵐ5 להֶם Comm.), + (object omitted) Leviticus 24:11, 14, 23 3 with accusative of thing Genesis 8:21(׳י subject), Job 3:1. Pu`al Imperfect) 3 masculine singular יְקֻלָּ֑ל Isaiah 65:20 be cursed by death; 3 feminine singular תְּקֻלַּל Job 24:18 their portion is cursed; Participle plural suffix מְקֻלָּלָיו Psalm 37:22= those cursed by him (opposed to מְברָכָיו). Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הֵקַל Isaiah 8:23; 2masculine singular suffix הֱקִלֹּחַנִי 2 Samuel 19:44 (van d. H. -הֲ); 3 plural הֵקַלּוּ Ezekiel 22:7; Imperfect3masculine singular יָקֵל 1 Samuel 6:5; Imperative masculine singular; הָקֵל Exodus 18:22+; Infinitive construct id., Isaiah 23:9; Jonah 1:5; — 1 make light, lighten, מֵעֲלֵיכֶם אֶתיָֿדוֺ יָקֵל 1 Samuel 6:5; he will lighten his hand from upon you; c,. מֵעַל person alone, make light from upon one, lighten one's burden Exodus 18:22 (E), Jonah 1:5; 1 Kings 12:10 2 Chronicles 10:10; + מִן partitive 1 Kings 12:4, 9 2 Chronicles 10:4, 9. 2 treat with contempt, accusative of person 2 Samuel 19:44; Isaiah 23:9; Ezekiel 22:7; direct causative bring contempt, dishonour Isaiah 8:23 (opposed to הִכְבִּיד). Pilpel Perfect3masculine singular 1 shake בַּחצִּים קִלְקַל Ezekiel 21:26 (in divination). 2 (peculiarly) whet Ecclesiastes 10:10 (properly move quickly to and fro). Hithpalpel reflexive of 1 : Perfect3plural הִחְקַלְקָ֑לוּ Jeremiah 4:24 hills shook themselves, shook. |
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