קָלַע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7049

sling — used 4 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

sling tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קָלַע: vb. sling, hurl forth tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. sling, hurl forth (Thes cp. Arabic قَلِعَ sit insecurely (v. also Frä 224, Socin in BuhlLex 13), waver, whence قِلْعٌ sail (loan-wd. Fräl.c.), J.Aram קַלְעָא id., BH NH קֶלַע curtain; thence hurl, sling; but this perhaps denom. (Socinl.c.) from قُلَّاعَةٌ loosened clod, cf. Syriac ܩܽܘܠܳܥܳܐ id. (Nö in Fräl.c.); Arabic مِقْلَعٌ sling, Ethiopic መቅልዕ: id.; 𝔗 קְלַע vb. sling, Syriac n. ܩܶܠܥܳܐ sling);— Pt. קֹלֵעַ בָּאֶבֶן אֶל־ Ju 20:16 one slinging (with) a stone at a hair; קוֹ׳ c. acc. pers. Je 10:18 I will sling forth the inhabitants. Impf. 3 ms. וַיִקַלַּע 1 S 17:49 and he slang (sc. the stone); sf. יְקַלְּעֶנָּה he shall sling away (life of enemy).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [am] about to sling forth (1); [was] slinging (1); he (1).

In the verses

Jeremiah 10:18 · tree →

כִּֽי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִ֥י קוֹלֵ֛עַ אֶת־יוֹשְׁבֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ בַּפַּ֣עַם הַזֹּ֑את וַהֲצֵר֥וֹתִי לָהֶ֖ם לְמַ֥עַן יִמְצָֽאוּ׃ס

Word for word: (dm) thus he.says Yahweh here I [am].about.to.sling.forth (et) the.inhabitants of the.land at the time (the) this and I.will.cause.distress to them so.that they.may.find

JPS 1917: For thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.

Judges 20:16 · tree →

מִכֹּ֣ל ׀ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה שְׁבַ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ אִ֣ישׁ בָּח֔וּר אִטֵּ֖ר יַד־יְמִינ֑וֹ כָּל־זֶ֗ה קֹלֵ֧עַ בָּאֶ֛בֶן אֶל־הַֽשַּׂעֲרָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א יַחֲטִֽא׃פ

Word for word: [were].from all the people (the) this seven hundred(s) man chosen impeded the.hand his.right.side his all this [was].slinging with the stone to the.single hair and not he.missed

JPS 1917: All this people, even seven hundred chosen men, were left-handed; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.

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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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