1) to be slight, be swift, be trifling, be of little account, be light 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be slight, be abated (of water) 1a2) to be swift 1a3) to be trifling, be of little account 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be swift, show oneself swift 1b2) to appear trifling, be too trifling, be insignificant 1b3) to be lightly esteemed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to make despicable 1c2) to curse 1d) (Pual) to be cursed 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to make light, lighten 1e2) to treat with contempt, bring contempt or dishonour 1f) (Pilpel) 1f1) to shake 1f2) to whet 1g) (Hithpalpel) to shake oneself, be moved to and fro
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H7043 — קָלַל
qa.lal · to lighten · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 8:8 · הֲקַ֣לּוּHe sent out a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,Genesis 8:11 · קַ֥לּוּThe dove came back to him at evening, and, behold, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off. So Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth.Genesis 8:21 · לְקַלֵּ֨לYahweh smelled the pleasant aroma. Yahweh said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, because the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done.Genesis 12:3 · וּמְקַלֶּלְךָ֖I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you.”Genesis 16:4 · וַתֵּקַ֥לHe went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.Genesis 16:5 · וָאֵקַ֖לSarai said to Abram, “This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you.”Exodus 18:22 · וְהָקֵל֙Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves. So shall it be easier for you, and they shall share the load with you.Exodus 21:17 · וּמְקַלֵּ֥ל“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.Exodus 22:28 · תְקַלֵּ֑ל“You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.Leviticus 19:14 · תְקַלֵּ֣ל“‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am Yahweh.Leviticus 20:9 · יְקַלֵּ֧ל · קִלֵּ֖ל“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.Leviticus 24:11 · וַיְקַלֵּ֔לThe son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses. His mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.Leviticus 24:14 · הַֽמְקַלֵּ֗ל“Bring out of the camp him who cursed; and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him.Leviticus 24:15 · יְקַלֵּ֥לYou shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.Leviticus 24:23 · הַֽמְקַלֵּ֗לMoses spoke to the children of Israel; and they brought out him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. The children of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses.Deuteronomy 23:4 · לְקַֽלְלֶֽךָּ׃because they didn’t meet you with bread and with water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.Joshua 24:9 · לְקַלֵּ֥לThen Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;Judges 9:27 · וַֽיְקַלְל֖וּThey went out into the field, and harvested their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.1 Samuel 2:30 · יֵקָֽלּוּ׃“Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.1 Samuel 3:13 · מְקַֽלְלִ֤יםFor I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them.1 Samuel 6:5 · יָקֵ֤לTherefore you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel: perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.1 Samuel 17:43 · וַיְקַלֵּ֧לThe Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” The Philistine cursed David by his gods.1 Samuel 18:23 · הַֽנְקַלָּ֤הSaul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, “Does it seems to you a light thing to be the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?”2 Samuel 1:23 · קַ֔לּוּSaul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. In their death, they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles. They were stronger than lions.2 Samuel 6:22 · וּנְקַלֹּ֤תִיI will be yet more vile than this, and will be base in my own sight. But of the handmaids of whom you have spoken, they shall honor me.”2 Samuel 16:5 · וּמְקַלֵּֽל׃When king David came to Bahurim, behold, a man of the family of the house of Saul came out, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out, and cursed still as he came.2 Samuel 16:7 · בְּקַֽלְל֑וֹShimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and base fellow!2 Samuel 16:9 · יְקַלֵּ֞לThen Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.”2 Samuel 16:10 · יְקַלֵּ֗ל · קַלֵּ֣לThe king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because Yahweh has said to him, ‘Curse David;’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”2 Samuel 16:11 · וִֽיקַלֵּ֔לDavid said to Abishai, and to all his servants, “Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite, now? Leave him alone, and let him curse; for Yahweh has invited him.2 Samuel 16:13 · וַיְקַלֵּ֔לSo David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him, and cursed as he went, threw stones at him, and threw dust.2 Samuel 19:21 · קִלֵּ֖לBut Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shall Shimei not be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh’s anointed?”2 Samuel 19:43 · הֱקִלֹּתַ֔נִיThe men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, “We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more claim to David than you. Why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?” The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.1 Kings 2:8 · קִֽלְלַ֙נִי֙“Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’1 Kings 12:4 · הָקֵל֩“Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”1 Kings 12:9 · הָקֵל֙He said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter?’”1 Kings 12:10 · הָקֵ֣לThe young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall tell this people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter to us;’ you shall say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.1 Kings 16:31 · הֲנָקֵ֣לIt happened, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.2 Kings 2:24 · וַֽיְקַלְלֵ֖םHe looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Two female bears came out of the woods, and mauled forty-two of those youths.2 Kings 3:18 · וְנָקַ֥לThis is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh. He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.2 Kings 20:10 · נָקֵ֣לHezekiah answered, “It is a light thing for the shadow to go forward ten steps. Nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps.”2 Chronicles 10:4 · הָקֵל֩“Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”2 Chronicles 10:9 · הָקֵל֙He said to them, “What counsel do you give, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Make the yoke that your father put on us lighter?’”2 Chronicles 10:10 · הָקֵ֣לThe young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you shall tell the people who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but make it lighter on us;’ thus you shall say to them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist.Nehemiah 13:2 · לְקַֽלְל֔וֹbecause they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.Nehemiah 13:25 · וָאֲקַֽלְלֵ֔םI contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.Job 3:1 · וַיְקַלֵּ֖לAfter this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.Job 7:6 · קַ֭לּוּMy days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.Job 9:25 · קַ֭לּוּ“Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good,Job 24:18 · תְּקֻלַּ֣ל“They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They don’t turn into the way of the vineyards.Job 40:4 · קַ֭לֹּתִי“Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.Psalm 37:22 · וּ֝מְקֻלָּלָ֗יוFor such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.Psalm 62:4 · יְקַלְלוּ־They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.Psalm 109:28 · יְקַֽלְלוּ־They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice.Proverbs 14:6 · נָקָֽל׃A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.Proverbs 20:20 · מְ֭קַלֵּלWhoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.Proverbs 30:10 · יְקַלֶּלְךָ֥“Don’t slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.Proverbs 30:11 · יְקַלֵּ֑לThere is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.Ecclesiastes 7:21 · מְקַלְלֶֽךָ׃Also don’t take heed to all words that are spoken, lest you hear your servant curse you;Ecclesiastes 7:22 · קִלַּ֥לְתָּfor often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.Ecclesiastes 10:10 · קִלְקַ֔לIf the axe is blunt, and one doesn’t sharpen the edge, then he must use more strength; but skill brings success.Ecclesiastes 10:20 · תְּקַלֵּ֔ל · תְּקַלֵּ֖לDon’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.Isaiah 8:21 · וְקִלֵּ֧לThey will pass through it, very distressed and hungry; and it will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse by their king and by their God. They will turn their faces upward,Isaiah 9:1 · הֵקַ֞לBut there shall be no more gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time, he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time he has made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.Isaiah 23:9 · לְהָקֵ֖לYahweh of Armies has planned it, to stain the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth.Isaiah 30:16 · יִקַּ֥לּוּbut you said, “No, for we will flee on horses;” therefore you will flee; and, “We will ride on the swift;” therefore those who pursue you will be swift.Isaiah 49:6 · נָקֵ֨לyes, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”Isaiah 65:20 · יְקֻלָּֽל׃“There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.Jeremiah 4:13 · קַלּ֥וּBehold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! For we are ruined.Jeremiah 4:24 · הִתְקַלְקָֽלוּ׃I saw the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved back and forth.Jeremiah 6:14 · נְקַלָּ֔הThey have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace.Jeremiah 8:11 · נְקַלָּ֔הThey have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.Jeremiah 15:10 · מְקַלְלַֽונִי׃ סWoe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet everyone of them curses me.Jonah 1:5 · לְהָקֵ֖לThen the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.Nahum 1:14 · קַלּֽוֹתָ׃ פYahweh has commanded concerning you: “No more descendants will bear your name. Out of the house of your gods, will I cut off the engraved image and the molten image. I will make your grave, for you are vile.”Habakkuk 1:8 · וְקַלּ֨וּTheir horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.