H7049A

קָלַע

qa.laH:V

to sling

1) to sling, hurl forth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sling 1a2) slinger (participle) 1b) (Piel) to sling

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

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

Qal Participle קֹלֵעַ בָּאֶבֶן אֶלֿ Judg 20:16 one slinging (with) a stone at a hair; ׳קוֺ with accusative of person Jer 10:18 I will sling forth the inhabitants. Pi`el Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיִקַלַּע 1Sam 17:49 and he slang (that is, the stone); suffix יְקַלְּעֶנָּה 1Sam 25:29 he shall sling away (life of enemy).

II. קָלַע verb carve; —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ק: with 2 accusative, carve walls with, 1Kgs 6:29 with accusative of congnate meaning with verb + עַל v1Kgs 6:32 with accusative of thing carved v1Kgs 6:35.

4 occurrences

Judges (1), I Samuel (2), Jeremiah (1)