Qâlal — H7043

Definition

verb

to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)

1. to be slight, be swift, be trifling, be of little account, be light
1. (Qal)
1. to be slight, be abated (of water)
2. to be swift
3. to be trifling, be of little account
2. (Niphal)
1. to be swift, show oneself swift
2. to appear trifling, be too trifling, be insignificant
3. to be lightly esteemed
3. (Piel)
1. to make despicable
2. to curse
4. (Pual) to be cursed
5. (Hiphil)
1. to make light, lighten
2. to treat with contempt, bring contempt or dishonour
6. (Pilpel)
1. to shake
2. to whet
7. (Hithpalpel) to shake oneself, be moved to and fro

Usually translated as

curse, be swifter, lighter, vile, ease, light, lighten, slightly, make bright, bring into contempt, despise, easy, easier, lightly, be swift, revile, whet, abate, accurse, lightly afflict, lightly esteem, slight

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• aníēmi (G447)
• apokalýptō (G601)
• atimóō (G821)
• aphíēmi (G863)
• exállomai (G1814)
• exastráptō (G1823)
• hikanós (G2425)
• kakologéō (G2551)
• kakōs (G2560)
• kataráomai (G2672)
• kopázō (G2869)
• kouphízō (G2893)
• mikrós (G3398)
• stílbō (G4744)
• tarássō (G5015)
• hybrízō (G5195)

Occurrences

Qâlal occurs 82 times in 79 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (6), Exodus (3), Leviticus (6), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (1), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (5), 2 Samuel (10), 1 Kings (5), 2 Kings (3), 2 Chronicles (3), Nehemiah (2), Job (5), Psalms (3), Proverbs (4), Ecclesiastes (4), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (5), Ezekiel (3), Jonah (1), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (1)

• Genesis 8:8 — Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated (הֲקַ֣לּוּ) from off the face of the ground;
• Genesis 8:11 — And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated (קַ֥לּוּ) from off the earth.
• Genesis 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse (לְקַלֵּ֨ל) the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
• Genesis 12:3 — And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth (וּמְקַלֶּלְךָ֖) thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
• Genesis 16:4 — And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised (וַתֵּקַ֥ל) in her eyes.
• Genesis 16:5 — And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised (וָאֵקַ֖ל) in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.
• Exodus 18:22 — And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier (וְהָקֵל֙) for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
• Exodus 21:17 — And he that curseth (וּמְקַלֵּ֥ל) his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
• Exodus 22:28 — Thou shalt not revile (תְקַלֵּ֑ל) the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
• Leviticus 19:14 — Thou shalt not curse (תְקַלֵּ֣ל) the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
• Leviticus 20:9 — For every one that curseth (יְקַלֵּ֧ל) his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
• Leviticus 20:9 — For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed (קִלֵּ֖ל) his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
• Leviticus 24:11 — And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed (וַיְקַלֵּ֔ל). And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
• Leviticus 24:14 — Bring forth him that hath cursed (הַֽמְקַלֵּ֗ל) without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.
• Leviticus 24:15 — And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth (יְקַלֵּ֥ל) his God shall bear his sin.
• Leviticus 24:23 — And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed (הַֽמְקַלֵּ֗ל) out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Deuteronomy 23:4 — Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse (לְקַֽלְלֶֽךָּ) thee.
• Joshua 24:9 — Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse (לְקַלֵּ֥ל) you:
• Judges 9:27 — And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed (וַֽיְקַלְל֖וּ) Abimelech.
• 1 Samuel 2:30 — Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed (יֵקָֽלּוּ).
• 1 Samuel 3:13 — For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile (מְקַֽלְלִ֤ים), and he restrained them not.
• 1 Samuel 6:5 — Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten (יָקֵ֤ל) his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
• 1 Samuel 17:43 — And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed (וַיְקַלֵּ֧ל) David by his gods.
• 1 Samuel 18:23 — And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light (הַֽנְקַלָּ֤ה) thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
• 2 Samuel 1:23 — Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter (קַ֔לּוּ) than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
• 2 Samuel 6:22 — And I will yet be more vile (וּנְקַלֹּ֤תִי) than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
• 2 Samuel 16:5 — And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed (וּמְקַלֵּֽל) still as he came.
• 2 Samuel 16:7 — And thus said Shimei when he cursed (בְּקַֽלְל֑וֹ), Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
• 2 Samuel 16:9 — Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse (יְקַלֵּ֞ל) my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
• 2 Samuel 16:10 — And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse (יְקַלֵּ֗ל), because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
• 2 Samuel 16:10 — And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse (קַלֵּ֣ל) David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
• 2 Samuel 16:11 — And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse (וִֽיקַלֵּ֔ל); for the LORD hath bidden him.
• 2 Samuel 16:13 — And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill’s side over against him, and cursed (וַיְקַלֵּ֔ל) as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.
• 2 Samuel 19:21 — But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed (קִלֵּ֖ל) the LORD’s anointed?
• 2 Samuel 19:43 — And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise (הֱקִלֹּתַ֔נִי) us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
• 1 Kings 2:8 — And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed (קִֽלְלַ֙נִי֙) me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.
• 1 Kings 12:4 — Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter (הָקֵל֩), and we will serve thee.
• 1 Kings 12:9 — And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter (הָקֵל֙)?
• 1 Kings 12:10 — And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter (הָקֵ֣ל) unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.
• 1 Kings 16:31 — And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing (הֲנָקֵ֣ל) for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
• 2 Kings 2:24 — And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed (וַֽיְקַלְלֵ֖ם) them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
• 2 Kings 3:18 — And this is but a light thing (וְנָקַ֥ל) in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.
• 2 Kings 20:10 — And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing (נָקֵ֣ל) for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
• 2 Chronicles 10:4 — Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease (הָקֵל֩) thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
• 2 Chronicles 10:9 — And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease (הָקֵל֙) somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us?
• 2 Chronicles 10:10 — And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter (הָקֵ֣ל) for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s loins.
• Nehemiah 13:2 — Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse (לְקַֽלְל֔וֹ) them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
• Nehemiah 13:25 — And I contended with them, and cursed (וָאֲקַֽלְלֵ֔ם) 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 unto your sons, or for yourselves.
• Job 3:1 — After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed (וַיְקַלֵּ֖ל) his day.
• Job 7:6 — My days are swifter (קַ֭לּוּ) than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.