Word meanings
Strong's dictionary
a 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), [idiom] slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.
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1 Samuel 2:30 יֵקָֽלּוּ׃ ye.Ka.lu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them
Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
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1 Samuel 3:13 מְקַֽלְלִ֤ים me.ka.Lim · An -ing word: strong action
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not.
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1 Samuel 6:5 יָקֵ֤ל ya.Kel · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
Wherefore ye shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
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1 Samuel 17:43 וַיְקַלֵּ֧ל vay.ka.Lel · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
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1 Samuel 18:23 הַֽנְקַלָּ֤ה han.ka.Lah · An -ing word: receiving the action
And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
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