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H7031קַלqal

swiftPart of speech: Hebrew Adjective

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 1
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 1
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. 1
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 4
  24. 2
  25. 1
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. 1
  30. 2
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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13 occurrences in 13 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 2 Samuel 2:18

    And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel; and Asahel was as light of foot as one of the roes that are in the field.

    קַ֣ל kal “[was] swift”

  2. Job 24:18

    He is swift upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he turneth not by the way of the vineyards.

    קַֽל־ kal- “[is] swift”

  3. Ecclesiastes 9:11

    I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

    לַקַּלִּ֨ים (קַּלִּ֨ים) ka.Lim “swift”

  4. Isaiah 5:26

    And He will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly;

    קַ֥ל kal “swift”

  5. Isaiah 18:2

    That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters! Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and of glossy skin, to a people terrible from their beginning onward; a nation that is sturdy and treadeth down, whose land the riv

    קַלִּ֗ים ka.Lim “swift”

  6. Isaiah 19:1

    The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt; and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at His presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt within it.

    קַל֙ kal “swift”

  7. Isaiah 30:16

    But ye said: 'No, for we will flee upon horses'; therefore shall ye flee; and: 'We will ride upon the swift'; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

    קַ֣ל kal “swift [horse][s]”

  8. Jeremiah 2:23

    How canst thou say: 'I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim'? See thy way in the Valley, know what thou hast done; thou art a swift young camel traversing her ways;

    קַלָּ֖ה ka.Lah “swift”

  9. Jeremiah 46:6

    The swift cannot flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

    הַקַּ֔ל (קַּ֔ל) Kal “swift [one]”

  10. Lamentations 4:19

    Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heaven; they chased us upon the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness.

    קַלִּ֤ים ka.Lim “swift”

  11. Joel 4:4

    And also what are ye to Me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the regions of Philistia? will ye render retribution on My behalf? and if ye render retribution on My behalf, swiftly, speedily will I return your retribution upon your own head.

    קַ֣ל kal “swift”

  12. Amos 2:14

    And flight shall fail the swift, and the strong shall not exert his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

    מִקָּ֔ל (קָּ֔ל) Kal “a swift [person]”

  13. Amos 2:15

    Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;

    וְקַ֥ל (קַ֥ל) Kal “a [person] swift”