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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 JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Job 40:4

    Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer Thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.

    קַ֭לֹּתִי Ka.lo.ti “I am insignificant”

  2. Psalms 37:22

    For such as are blessed of Him shall inherit the land; and they that are cursed of Him shall be cut off.

    וּ֝מְקֻלָּלָ֗יו (מְקֻלָּלָ֗י) me.ku.la.La “cursed [ones]”

  3. Psalms 62:5

    They only devise to thrust him down from his height, delighting in lies; they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah

    יְקַלְלוּ־ ye.ka.lu- “they curse”

  4. Psalms 109:28

    Let them curse, but bless Thou; when they arise, they shall be put to shame, but Thy servant shall rejoice.

    יְקַֽלְלוּ־ ye.ka.lu- “they will curse”

  5. Proverbs 14:6

    A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; but knowledge is easy unto him that hath discernment.

    נָקָֽל׃ na.Kal “it is trifling”

  6. Proverbs 20:20

    Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness.

    מְ֭קַלֵּל Me.ka.lel “[one who] curses”

  7. Proverbs 30:10

    Slander not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

    יְקַלֶּלְךָ֥ (יְקַלֶּלְ) ye.ka.lel. “he should curse”

  8. Proverbs 30:11

    There is a generation that curse their father, and do not bless their mother.

    יְקַלֵּ֑ל ye.ka.Lel “it curses”

  9. Ecclesiastes 7:21

    Also take not heed unto all words that are spoken, lest thou hear thy servant curse thee;

    מְקַלְלֶֽךָ׃ (מְקַלְלֶֽ) me.ka.Le. “cursing”

  10. Ecclesiastes 7:22

    for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

    קִלַּ֥לְתָּ ki.Lal.ta “you have cursed”

  11. Ecclesiastes 10:10

    If the iron be blunt, and one do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength; but wisdom is profitable to direct.

    קִלְקַ֔ל kil.Kal “he has sharpened”

  12. Ecclesiastes 10:20

    Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought, and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber; for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

    תְּקַלֵּ֔ל te.ka.Lel “you curse”תְּקַלֵּ֖ל te.ka.Lel “you curse”

  13. Isaiah 8:21

    And they shall pass this way that are sore bestead and hungry; and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and, whether they turn their faces upward,

    וְקִלֵּ֧ל (קִלֵּ֧ל) ki.Lel “it will curse”

  14. Isaiah 8:23

    For is there no gloom to her that was stedfast? Now the former hath lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but the latter hath dealt a more grievous blow by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, in the district of the nat

    הֵקַ֞ל he.Kal “he treated with contempt”

  15. Isaiah 23:9

    The LORD of hosts hath devised it, to pollute the pride of all glory, to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

    לְהָקֵ֖ל (הָקֵ֖ל) ha.Kel “treat with contempt”

  16. 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.

    יִקַּ֥לּוּ yi.Ka.lu “they will prove swift”

  17. Isaiah 49:6

    Yea, He saith: 'It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the offspring of Israel; I will also give thee for a light of the nations, that My salvation may be unto the end of the earth.'

    נָקֵ֨ל na.Kel “it is [too] trifling”

  18. Isaiah 65:20

    There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man, that hath not filled his days; for the youngest shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.

    יְקֻלָּֽל׃ ye.ku.Lal “he will be cursed”

  19. Jeremiah 4:13

    Behold, he cometh up as clouds, and his chariots are as the whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles.--' Woe unto us! for we are undone.'--

    קַלּ֥וּ ka.Lu “they are swift”

  20. Jeremiah 4:24

    I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.

    הִתְקַלְקָֽלוּ׃ hit.kal.Ka.lu “they shook to and fro”

  21. Jeremiah 6:14

    They have healed also the hurt of My people lightly, saying: 'Peace, peace', when there is no peace.

    נְקַלָּ֔ה ne.ka.Lah “a trifling [thing]”

  22. Jeremiah 8:11

    And they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people lightly, saying: 'Peace, peace', when there is no peace.

    נְקַלָּ֔ה ne.ka.Lah “a trifling [thing]”

  23. Jeremiah 15:10

    Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast 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 every one of them doth curse me.

    מְקַלְלַֽונִי׃ (מְקַלְלַֽו) me.ka.La.v. “[are] cursing”

  24. Ezekiel 8:17

    Then He said unto me: 'Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here in that they fill the land with violence, and provoke Me still more, and, lo, they put the branch

    הֲנָקֵל֙ (נָקֵל֙) na.Kel “is it [too] trifling”

  25. Ezekiel 21:26

    For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shaketh the arrows to and fro, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver.

    קִלְקַ֤ל kil.Kal “he has shaken”