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title: קַל — light · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קַל (7031), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: light. BDB 1906: adj. light, swift, fleet. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קַל

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«קַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **light** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 13 times · **Key:** 7031 · **BDB:** קַל²

### Glosses

swift (6); \[is\].swift (1); \[one\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

light [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7031/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. light, swift, fleet [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7031/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. light, swift, fleet;—ms. ק׳ Am 2:15 +, קָ֑ל v 14; fs. קַלָּה Je 2:23; pl. קַלִּים Is 18:2 +;—קַל בְּרַגְלָיו light with his feet Am 2:15 2 S 2:18; ק׳ alone, swift, messengers Is 18:2, pursuers La 4:19 (מִן comp.), camel Je 2:23, cloud Is 19:1; of swift vanishing of wicked Jb 24:18 (Bu קַלּוּ for קַל הוּא); as subst. Am 2:14; Je 46:6; Ec 9:11, = swift (horse) Is 30:16; קַל as adv., swiftly (+ מְהֵרָה) Is 5:26; Jo 4:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7031/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 24:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.24.18/)

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קַֽל־ה֤וּא ׀ עַל־פְּנֵי־מַ֗יִם תְּקֻלַּ֣ל חֶלְקָתָ֣ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ לֹֽא־יִ֝פְנֶה דֶּ֣רֶךְ כְּרָמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].swift he on \[the\].surface of.\[the\].waters it.is.cursed portion their in the land not anyone.turns the.direction of.vineyards

*JPS 1917:* He is swift upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he turneth not by the way of the vineyards.

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[Amos 2:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.2.14/)

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וְאָבַ֤ד מָנוֹס֙ מִקָּ֔ל וְחָזָ֖ק לֹא־יְאַמֵּ֣ץ כֹּח֑וֹ וְגִבּ֖וֹר לֹא־יְמַלֵּ֥ט נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be.lost a.place.of.escape from a.swift.\[person\] and a.strong.\[person\] not he.will.make.firm power his and a.mighty.\[person\] not he.will.save life his

*JPS 1917:* And flight shall fail the swift, and the strong shall not exert his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

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