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. Nehemiah 13:2 לְקַֽלְל֔וֹ le.ka.Lo · The “to do” form of an action: strong action

    because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

  2. Nehemiah 13:25 וָאֲקַֽלְלֵ֔ם va.'a.ka.Lem · An action: strong action, and then it happened, done by me

    And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

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