Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7049 - קָלַע qala' (to sling)

Original Word:	קָלַע
Transliteration:	qala'
Definition:	to sling, hurl forth
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(kaw-lah')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

carve, sling out

A primitive root: to sling: also to carve (as if a circular motion, or into light forms) -- carve, sling (out).

Englishman's Concordance

1) to sling, hurl forth
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to sling
1a2) slinger (participle)
1b) (Piel) to sling
2) (Qal) to carve
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2030, 2031

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [קָלַע] verbsling, hurl forth (Thes compare Arabic

sit insecurely (see also Frä²²⁴, Socin in Buhl^{Lex 13}), waver, whence

sail (loan-word Frä^l.c.), Jewish-Aramaic קַלְעָאid., Biblical Hebrew Late Hebrew קֶלַעcurtain; thence hurl, sling; but this perhaps denominative (Soc^l.c.) from

loosened clod, compare Syriac

id. (Nö in Frä^l.c.); Arabic

sling, Eth

: id.; ᵑ7קְלַע verb sling, Syriac noun

sling); —

QalParticipleקֹלֵעַ בָּאֶבֶן אֶלֿJudges 20:16one slinging (with) a stone at a hair; ׳קוֺ with accusative of person Jeremiah 10:18I will sling forth the inhabitants.

Pi`elImperfect3masculine singular וַיִקַלַּע1 Samuel 17:49and he slang (that is, the stone); suffix יְקַלְּעֶנָּה1 Samuel 25:29he shall sling away (life of enemy).

II. קָלַעverbcarve; —

QalPerfect3masculine singular ׳ק: with 2 accusative, carve walls with, 1 Kings 6:29; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb + עַל1 Kings 6:32; with accusative of thing carved 1 Kings 6:35.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7049. קָלַע (qala') — 7 Occurrences

Judges 20:16
HEB:כָּל־ זֶ֗ה קֹלֵ֧עַ בָּאֶ֛בֶן אֶל־
NAS: each one could sling a stone at a hair
KJV: lefthanded; every one could sling stones
INT: each one sling A stone at

1 Samuel 17:49
HEB:מִשָּׁ֥ם אֶ֙בֶן֙ וַיְקַלַּ֔ע וַיַּ֥ךְ אֶת־
NAS: from it a stone and slung [it], and struck
KJV: thence a stone, and slang [it], and smote
INT: it A stone and slung and struck the Philistine

1 Samuel 25:29
HEB:נֶ֤פֶשׁ אֹיְבֶ֙יךָ֙ יְקַלְּעֶ֔נָּה בְּת֖וֹךְ כַּ֥ף
NAS: of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow
KJV: of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, [as out] of the middle
INT: the lives enemies will sling hope the hollow

1 Kings 6:29
HEB:הַבַּ֜יִת מֵסַ֣ב ׀ קָלַ֗ע פִּתּוּחֵי֙ מִקְלְעוֹת֙
NAS:Then he carved all the walls
KJV:And he carved all the walls
INT: of the house round carved carved figures

1 Kings 6:32
HEB:עֲצֵי־ שֶׁמֶן֒ וְקָלַ֣ע עֲ֠לֵיהֶם מִקְלְע֨וֹת
NAS: wood, and he carved on them carvings
KJV: tree; and he carved upon them carvings
INT: wood of olive carved on carvings

1 Kings 6:35
HEB: וְקָלַ֤ע כְּרוּבִים֙ וְתִ֣מֹר֔וֹת
NAS:He carved [on it] cherubim,
KJV:And he carved [thereon] cherubims
INT:carved cherubim palm

Jeremiah 10:18
HEB:יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִ֥י קוֹלֵ֛עַ אֶת־ יוֹשְׁבֵ֥י
NAS: Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants
KJV: the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants
INT: God behold I am slinging the inhabitants of the land

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