H7043–קָלַל–qa.lal

And when King David came to Bahurim, a man of Saul's family named Shimei, the son of Gera, came out from there, calling curses after him.

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

And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing:

בְּקַֽלְל֑וֹ (קַֽלְל֑) ka.L “cursed”

Then Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said to the king, Is this dead dog to go on cursing my lord the king? let me go over and take off his head.

יְקַלֵּ֞ל ye.ka.Lel “will he curse”

And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?

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

And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, You see how my son, the offspring of my body, has made designs against my life: how much more then may this Benjamite do so? Let him be, and let him go on cursing; for the Lord has given him orders.

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

So David and his men went on their way: and Shimei went by the hillside parallel with them, cursing and sending stones and dust at him.

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

But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, Is not death the right fate for Shimei, because he has been cursing the one marked by the holy oil?

קִלֵּ֖ל ki.Lel “he cursed”

And in answer to the men of Judah, the men of Israel said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are the first in order of birth: why did you make nothing of us? and were we not the first to make suggestions for getting the king back? And the words of th

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

Now you have with you Shimei, the son of Gera the Benjamite of Bahurim, who put a bitter curse on me on the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to see me at Jordan, and I gave him my oath by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death by the

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

Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.

הָקֵל֩ ha.Kel “lighten”

And said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?

הָקֵל֙ ha.Kel “lighten”

And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us; will you make it less? say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;

הָקֵ֣ל ha.Kel “lighten”

And as if copying the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, was a small thing for him, he took as his wife Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, king of Zidon, and became a servant and worshipper of Baal.

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

And turning back, he saw them, and put a curse on them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the wood and put forty-two of the children to death.

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

And this will be only a small thing to the Lord: in addition he will give the Moabites into your hands.

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

And Hezekiah said in answer, It is a simple thing for the shade to go forward; but let it go back ten degrees.

נָקֵ֣ל na.Kel “it is trifling”

Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.

הָקֵל֩ ha.Kel “lighten”

And he said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?

הָקֵל֙ ha.Kel “lighten”

And the young men of his generation said to him, This is the answer to give to the people who came to you saying, Your father put a hard yoke on us, but will you make it less; say to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's body;

הָקֵ֣ל ha.Kel “lighten”

Because they did not give the children of Israel bread and water when they came to them, but got Balaam to put a curse on them: though the curse was turned into a blessing by our God.

לְקַֽלְל֔וֹ (קַֽלְל֔) ka.L “curse”

And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair; and I made them take an oath by God, saying, You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for you

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

Then, opening his mouth, and cursing the day of his birth,

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

My days go quicker than the cloth-worker's thread, and come to an end without hope.

קַ֭לּוּ Ka.lu “they have been swift”

My days go quicker than a post-runner: they go in flight, they see no good.

קַ֭לּוּ Ka.lu “they have been swift”

They go quickly on the face of the waters; their heritage is cursed in the earth; the steps of the crusher of grapes are not turned to their vine-garden.

תְּקֻלַּ֣ל te.ku.Lal “it is cursed”