קָלַל

Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

Genesis 8:8

• הֲקַ֣לּוּhakaluquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: ¿ were they abated

And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.

Genesis 8:11

• קַ֥לּוּkaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were abated

When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

Genesis 8:21

• לְקַלֵּ֨לlekalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to curse

I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

Genesis 12:3

• וּמְקַלֶּלְךָ֖umekalelchaconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and disdains you

And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.

Genesis 16:4

• וַתֵּקַ֥לvatekalHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she became insignificant

Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”

Genesis 16:5

• וָאֵקַ֖לvaekalHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I have become insignificant

Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you.

Exodus 18:22

• וְהָקֵל֙vehakelconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and lighten

Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.

Exodus 21:17

• וּמְקַלֵּ֥לumekalelconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: and will curse

You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

Exodus 22:28

• תְקַלֵּ֑לtekalelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must curse

You must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:14

• תְקַלֵּ֣לtekalelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will curse

If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Leviticus 20:9

• יְקַלֵּ֧לyekalelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will curse
• קִלֵּ֖לkilelverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has cursed

The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

Leviticus 24:11

• וַיְקַלֵּ֔לvaykalelHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he cursed

“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.

Leviticus 24:14

• הַֽמְקַלֵּ֗לhamkalelthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: the cursed

And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.

Leviticus 24:15

• יְקַלֵּ֥לyekalelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will curse

Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Leviticus 24:23

• הַֽמְקַלֵּ֗לhamkalelthe definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: the had cursed

For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.

Deuteronomy 23:4

• לְקַֽלְלֶֽךָּ׃lekalekapreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to curse you

Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,

Joshua 24:9

• לְקַלֵּ֥לlekalelpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to curse

And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.

Judges 9:27

• וַֽיְקַלְל֖וּvaykaluHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they cursed

Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.

1 Samuel 2:30

• יֵקָֽלּוּ׃yekaluverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will be insignificant

I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.

1 Samuel 3:13

• מְקַֽלְלִ֤יםmekalimverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine pluraltagged: bringing a curse

Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.

1 Samuel 6:5

• יָקֵ֤לyakelverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will lighten

“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

1 Samuel 17:43

• וַיְקַלֵּ֧לvaykalelHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he cursed

But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”

1 Samuel 18:23

• הַֽנְקַלָּ֤הhankalahquestion particle + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: ¿ trifling

Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 1:23

• קַ֔לּוּkaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they were swift

and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”

2 Samuel 6:22

• וּנְקַלֹּ֤תִיunekalotiHc/VNq1cstagged: and I will demean myself

As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.

2 Samuel 16:5

• וּמְקַלֵּֽל׃umekalelconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: and cursing

And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!

2 Samuel 16:7

• בְּקַֽלְל֑וֹbekalopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: when cursed he

Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”

2 Samuel 16:9

• יְקַלֵּ֞לyekalelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he curse

But the king replied, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, ‘Curse David,’ who can ask, ‘Why did you do this?’”

2 Samuel 16:10

• יְקַלֵּ֗לyekalelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is cursing
• קַלֵּ֣לkalelverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: curse

Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.

2 Samuel 16:11

• וִֽיקַלֵּ֔לvikalelHC/Vpu3mstagged: so he may curse

So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he yelled curses, threw stones, and flung dust at David.

2 Samuel 16:13

• וַיְקַלֵּ֔לvaykalelHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he cursed

But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”

2 Samuel 19:21

• קִלֵּ֖לkilelverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he cursed

“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah pressed even harder than the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 19:43

• הֱקִלֹּתַ֔נִיhekilotaniverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: did you treat with contempt me

Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’

1 Kings 2:8

• קִֽלְלַ֙נִי֙kilaniverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: he cursed me

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

1 Kings 12:4

• הָקֵל֩hakelverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lighten

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

1 Kings 12:9

• הָקֵל֙hakelverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lighten

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

1 Kings 12:10

• הָקֵ֣לhakelverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lighten

And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.

1 Kings 16:31

• הֲנָקֵ֣לhanakelquestion particle + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ¿ was it trifling

Then he turned around, looked at them, and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD. Suddenly two female bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.

2 Kings 2:24

• וַֽיְקַלְלֵ֖םvaykalemHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he cursed them

This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

2 Kings 3:18

• וְנָקַ֥לvenakalHc/VNq3mstagged: and it will be trifling

“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”

2 Kings 20:10

• נָקֵ֣לnakelverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is trifling

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

2 Chronicles 10:4

• הָקֵל֩hakelverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lighten

He asked them, “What message do you advise that we send back to these people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

2 Chronicles 10:9

• הָקֵל֙hakelverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lighten

The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

2 Chronicles 10:10

• הָקֵ֣לhakelverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: lighten

because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).

Nehemiah 13:2

• לְקַֽלְל֔וֹlekalopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to curse it

I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

Nehemiah 13:25

• וָאֲקַֽלְלֵ֔םvaakalemHc/Vpw1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I cursed them

After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

Job 3:1

• וַיְקַלֵּ֖לvaykalelHc/Vpw3mstagged: and he cursed

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.

Job 7:6

• קַ֭לּוּkaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been swift

My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.

Job 9:25

• קַ֭לּוּkaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have been swift

They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.

Job 24:18

• תְּקֻלַּ֣לtekulalverb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it is cursed

“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

Job 40:4

• קַ֭לֹּתִיkalotiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am insignificant

Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.

Psalms 37:22

• וּ֝מְקֻלָּלָ֗יוumekulalavconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and cursed his

They fully intend to cast him down from his lofty perch; they delight in lies; with their mouths they bless, but inwardly they curse. Selah

Psalms 62:4

• יְקַלְלוּ־yekalu-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they curse

Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.

Psalms 109:28

• יְקַֽלְלוּ־yekalu-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will curse

A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

Proverbs 14:6

• נָקָֽל׃nakalverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: it is trifling

Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

Proverbs 20:20

• מְ֭קַלֵּלmekalelverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: curses

Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will bear the guilt.

Proverbs 30:10

• יְקַלֶּלְךָ֥yekalelchaverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: he should curse you

There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Proverbs 30:11

• יְקַלֵּ֑לyekalelverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it curses

Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.

Ecclesiastes 7:21

• מְקַלְלֶֽךָ׃mekalechaverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: cursing you

For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.

Ecclesiastes 7:22

• קִלַּ֥לְתָּkilaltaverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have cursed

If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.

Ecclesiastes 10:10

• קִלְקַ֔לkilkalverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sharpened

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.

Ecclesiastes 10:20

• תְּקַלֵּ֔לtekalelverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you curse
• תְּקַלֵּ֖לtekalelverb · intensive (piel), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you curse

They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.

Isaiah 8:21

• וְקִלֵּ֧לvekilelHc/Vpq3mstagged: and it will curse

Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress. In the past He humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future He will honor the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

Isaiah 9:1

• הֵקַ֞לhekalverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he treated with contempt

The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.

Isaiah 23:9

• לְהָקֵ֖לlehakelpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to treat with contempt

“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.

Isaiah 30:16

• יִקַּ֥לּוּyikaluverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will prove swift

He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

Isaiah 49:6

• נָקֵ֨לnakelverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it is trifling

No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

Isaiah 65:20

• יְקֻלָּֽל׃yekulalverb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be cursed

Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!

Jeremiah 4:13

• קַלּ֥וּkaluverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they are swift

I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.

Jeremiah 4:24

• הִתְקַלְקָֽלוּ׃hitkalkaluverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they shook to and fro

They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.

Jeremiah 6:14

• נְקַלָּ֔הnekalahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: a trifling

They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.

Jeremiah 8:11

• נְקַלָּ֔הnekalahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · feminine singulartagged: a trifling

Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.

Jeremiah 15:10

• מְקַלְלַֽונִי׃ סmekalavniverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: cursing me

“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!

Ezekiel 8:17

• הֲנָקֵל֙hanakelquestion particle + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ¿ is it trifling

For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.

Ezekiel 21:21

• קִלְקַ֤לkilkalverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has shaken

Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.

Ezekiel 22:7

• הֵקַ֣לּוּhekaluverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have treated with contempt

The sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.

Jonah 1:5

• לְהָקֵ֖לlehakelpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to lighten

The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”

Nahum 1:14

• קַלּֽוֹתָ׃ פkalotaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you are insignificant

Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.

Habakkuk 1:8

• וְקַלּ֨וּvekaluHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they are swift