קָלַל

qa.lal · to lighten

Hebrew · Strong's H7043 · Verb · Sounds like: kaw-lal' · 82 occurrences

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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[קָלַל] 82 vb. be slight, swift, trifling
Qal
1. be slight, of water, be abated
2. be swift
3. trifling, i.e. of little account
Niph.
1. shew oneself swift
2. appear trifling
3. be lightly esteemed
Pi. curse (prop. make contemptible)
Pu. be cursed
Hiph.
1. make light, lighten
2. treat with contempt
Pilp.
1. shake
2. (peculiarly) whet
Hithpalp. reflex. of 1: hills shook themselves

Every occurrence

  1. 2 Kings 2:24 וַֽיְקַלְלֵ֖ם vay.ka.Lem · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And he looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Jehovah. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two lads of them.

  2. 2 Kings 3:18 וְנָקַ֥ל ve.na.Kal · An action: receiving the action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And this is but a light thing in the sight of Jehovah: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

  3. 2 Kings 20:10 נָקֵ֣ל na.Kel · An action: receiving the action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.

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