Hebrew verb · H7049
קָלַע
qalakaw-lah'
to sling; to carve
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: qâlaʻ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7049is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7049
to sling; also to carve (as if a circular motion, or into light forms)
The King James renders it: carve, sling (out).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
qala is rendered "to sling; to carve". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in 1 Kings, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to sling".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Judges 20:16Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
Judges 20:16קֹלֵ֧עַ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to sling, and to carve.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to slingStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereJudges 20:16Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers… |
| to carveStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he carved2
- about to hurl forth1
- and he slung1
- he carved1
- he will sling out it1
- slinging1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וַיְקַלַּ֔ע1
- וְקָלַ֣ע1
- וְקָלַ֤ע1
- יְקַלְּעֶ֔נָּה1
- קוֹלֵ֛עַ1
- קָלַ֗ע1
- קֹלֵ֧עַ1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqq3ms2Hc/Vqq3ms
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HVqrmsa
- Hc/Vpw3ms1Hc/Vpw3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HVpi3ms/Sp3fs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqp3ms
Judges
one use
Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
- קֹלֵ֧עַkolea'verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: slinging
1 Samuel
two uses
Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
- וַיְקַלַּ֔עvaykala'Hc/Vpw3mstagged: and he slung
And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
- יְקַלְּעֶ֔נָּהyekalleenahverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he will sling out it
1 Kings
three uses
Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
- קָלַ֗עkala'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he carved
The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
- וְקָלַ֣עvekala'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he carved
He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.
- וְקָלַ֤עvekala'Hc/Vqq3mstagged: and he carved
Jeremiah
one use
For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”
- קוֹלֵ֛עַkolea'verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: about to hurl forth
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.