קָלָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7034

be lightly esteemed — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

be lightly esteemed tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קָלָה²: vb. be lightly esteemed, dishonoured tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. be lightly esteemed, dishonoured (‖ form of קלל; cf. NH קָלוֹן, 𝔗 קְלָנָא disgrace, shame);—Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְנִקְלָה Is 16:14 Dt 25:3; Pt. נִקְלֶה Is 3:5 + 2 times;—be lightly esteemed, held of little account, Is 16:14 (glory of Moab); אִישׁ רָשׁ וְנִקְלֶה 1 S 18:23; so (Pt. as subst.) Is 3:5 (opp. נִכְבָּד), Pr 12:9 (opp. מִתְכַּבֵּד); more positively, be dishonoured, degraded, Dt 25:3 (לְעֵינֶיךָ). treat with contempt, dishonour, Pt. מַקְלֶה אָבִיו וגו׳ Dt 27:16 one dishonouring [i.e. opp. כַּבֵּד of 5th Command].

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [one who is] lightly esteemed (1); [one who] dishonors (1); he will be dishonored (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 12:9 · tree →

ט֣וֹב נִ֭קְלֶה וְעֶ֣בֶד ל֑וֹ מִ֝מְּתַכַּבֵּ֗ד וַחֲסַר־לָֽחֶם׃

Word for word: [is].good [one.who.is].lightly.esteemed and a.servant [belongs].to him more than.[one.who].honors.himself and [he.is].lacking of.food

JPS 1917: Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that playeth the man of rank, and lacketh bread.

Deuteronomy 27:16 · tree →

אָר֕וּר מַקְלֶ֥ה אָבִ֖יו וְאִמּ֑וֹ וְאָמַ֥ר כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אָמֵֽן׃ס

Word for word: [is].cursed [one.who].dishonors father his and mother his and it.will.say all the people amen

JPS 1917: Cursed be he that dishonoureth his father or his mother. And all the people shall say: Amen.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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