The meaning of “קָלַע”
Understanding qâlaʻ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
carve, sling (out). - to sling - also to carve (as if a circular motion, or into light forms) 1) to sling, hurl forth 1a...
קָלַע
carve, sling (out). - to sling - also to carve (as if a circular motion, or into light forms) 1) to sling, hurl forth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sling 1a2) slinger (participle) 1b) (Piel) to sling 2) (Qal) to carve
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Judges 20:16 | “Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.” Word: קָלַע (qâlaʻ) | |
| 1 Samuel 25:29 | “Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.” Word: קָלַע (qâlaʻ) | |
| 1 Kings 6:32 | “The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.” Word: קָלַע (qâlaʻ) | |
| Jeremiah 10:18 | “For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.” Word: קָלַע (qâlaʻ) |
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