7049. qala'
Strong's Lexicon
qala': To sling, to cast, to hurl

Original Word: קָלַע
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: qala'
Pronunciation: kah-LAH
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-lah')
Definition: To sling, to cast, to hurl
Meaning: to sling, to carve

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. [קָלַע] verb sling, hurl forth (Thes compare Arabic sit insecurely (see also Frä224, Socin in BuhlLex 13), waver, whence sail (loan-word Fräl.c.), Jewish-Aramaic קַלְעָא id., Biblical Hebrew Late Hebrew קֶלַע curtain; thence hurl, sling; but this perhaps denominative (Socl.c.) from loosened clod, compare Syriac id. (Nö in Fräl.c.); Arabic sling, Eth : id.; ᵑ7 קְלַע verb sling, Syriac noun sling); —

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

Pi`el Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִקַלַּע 1 Samuel 17:49 and he slang (that is, the stone); suffix יְקַלְּעֶנָּה 1 Samuel 25:29 he shall sling away (life of enemy).

II. קָלַע verb carve; —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ק: with 2 accusative, carve walls with, 1 Kings 6:29; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb + עַל 1 Kings 6:32; with accusative of thing carved 1 Kings 6:35.

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).

Forms and Transliterations
וְקָלַ֣ע וְקָלַ֤ע וַיְקַלַּ֔ע ויקלע וקלע יְקַלְּעֶ֔נָּה יקלענה קָלַ֗ע קֹלֵ֧עַ קוֹלֵ֛עַ קולע קלע kaLa koLea qā·la‘ qāla‘ qō·lê·a‘ qō·w·lê·a‘ qōlêa‘ qōwlêa‘ vaykalLa vekaLa way·qal·la‘ wayqalla‘ wə·qā·la‘ wəqāla‘ yə·qal·lə·‘en·nāh yekalleEnnah yəqallə‘ennāh
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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

7 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 7049
7 Occurrences


qā·la‘ — 1 Occ.
qō·lê·a‘ — 2 Occ.
way·qal·la‘ — 1 Occ.
wə·qā·la‘ — 2 Occ.
yə·qal·lə·‘en·nāh — 1 Occ.

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