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H7043קָלַלqa.lal

to lightenPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 6
  2. 3
  3. 7
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 1
  6. 1
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 5
  10. 11
  11. 5
  12. 3
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 3
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 2
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 5
  19. 3
  20. 4
  21. 5
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 6
  24. 5
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 3
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. 1
  33. Micah: 0
  34. 1
  35. 1
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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82 occurrences in 79 verses

With their references and text in World English Bible.

  1. 2 Samuel 16:5

    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.

    וּמְקַלֵּֽל׃ (מְקַלֵּֽל) me.ka.Lel “cursing”

  2. 2 Samuel 16:7

    Thus said Shimei when he cursed, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and base fellow:

    בְּקַֽלְל֑וֹ (קַֽלְל֑) ka.L “cursed”

  3. 2 Samuel 16:9

    Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head."

    יְקַלֵּ֞ל ye.ka.Lel “will he curse”

  4. 2 Samuel 16:10

    The 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?

    יְקַלֵּ֗ל ye.ka.Lel “he is cursing”קַלֵּ֣ל ka.Lel “curse”

  5. 2 Samuel 16:11

    David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeks my life: how much more [supplied: may] this Benjamite now [supplied: do it]? let him alone, and let him curse; for Yahweh has invited him.

    וִֽיקַלֵּ֔ל (יקַלֵּ֔ל) ka.Lel “he may curse”

  6. 2 Samuel 16:13

    So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hill-side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

    וַיְקַלֵּ֔ל (יְקַלֵּ֔ל) y.ka.Lel “he cursed”

  7. 2 Samuel 19:21

    But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, Shall Shimei not be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh's anointed?

    קִלֵּ֖ל ki.Lel “he cursed”

  8. 2 Samuel 19:43

    The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more [supplied: right] in 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.

    הֱקִלֹּתַ֔נִי (הֱקִלֹּתַ֔) he.ki.lo.Ta. “did you treat with contempt”

  9. 1 Kings 2:8

    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.

    קִֽלְלַ֙נִי֙ (קִֽלְלַ֙) ki.La. “he cursed”

  10. 1 Kings 12:4

    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.

    הָקֵל֩ ha.Kel “lighten”

  11. 1 Kings 12:9

    He 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 did put on us lighter?

    הָקֵל֙ ha.Kel “lighten”

  12. 1 Kings 12:10

    The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you tell this people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but make you it lighter to us; thus shall you speak to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

    הָקֵ֣ל ha.Kel “lighten”

  13. 1 Kings 16:31

    It 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.

    הֲנָקֵ֣ל (נָקֵ֣ל) na.Kel “was it trifling”

  14. 2 Kings 2:24

    He looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Yahweh. There came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and mauled forty-two lads of them.

    וַֽיְקַלְלֵ֖ם (יְקַלְלֵ֖) y.ka.Le “he cursed”

  15. 2 Kings 3:18

    This is but a light thing in the sight of Yahweh: he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

    וְנָקַ֥ל (נָקַ֥ל) na.Kal “it will be trifling”

  16. 2 Kings 20:10

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

    נָקֵ֣ל na.Kel “it is trifling”

  17. 2 Chronicles 10:4

    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.

    הָקֵל֩ ha.Kel “lighten”

  18. 2 Chronicles 10:9

    He said to them, What counsel give you, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that your father did put on us lighter?

    הָקֵל֙ ha.Kel “lighten”

  19. 2 Chronicles 10:10

    The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you tell the people who spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but make you it lighter to us; thus shall you say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

    הָקֵ֣ל ha.Kel “lighten”

  20. Nehemiah 13:2

    because 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.

    לְקַֽלְל֔וֹ (קַֽלְל֔) ka.L “curse”

  21. Nehemiah 13:25

    I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [supplied: saying], You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

    וָאֲקַֽלְלֵ֔ם (אֲקַֽלְלֵ֔) 'a.ka.Le “I cursed”

  22. Job 3:1

    After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.

    וַיְקַלֵּ֖ל (יְקַלֵּ֖ל) y.ka.Lel “he cursed”

  23. Job 7:6

    My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And are spent without hope.

    קַ֭לּוּ Ka.lu “they have been swift”

  24. Job 9:25

    "Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away, they see no good,

    קַ֭לּוּ Ka.lu “they have been swift”

  25. Job 24:18

    "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.

    תְּקֻלַּ֣ל te.ku.Lal “it is cursed”