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title: קָלַס — mock · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָלַס (7046), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: mock. BDB 1906: vb. mock, scoff. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָלַס

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«קָלַס» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mock** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 7046 · **BDB:** קָלַס

### Glosses

it.derides (1); scorn (1); they.derided (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mock [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7046/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. mock, scoff [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7046/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. mock, scoff (Ecclus 11:4 תקלס, text by AdlerJQ xii (1900), 470);— Inf. cstr. לְקַלֵּס אֶתְנָן Ez 16:31 to scoff at hire (of Jerusalem under fig. of harlot), but 𝔊 𝔖 Symm collect, read לִקְבֹּץ Gr Toy Krae (or לְלַקֵּט, Co). mock, deride, c. ב pers., Impf. 3 ms. יִתְקַלָּ֑ס Hb 1:10; 3 mpl. יִתְקַלְּסוּ Ez 22:5, וַיִּת׳ 2 K 2:23.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָלַס» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7046/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 22:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.22.5/)

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הַקְּרֹב֛וֹת וְהָרְחֹק֥וֹת מִמֵּ֖ךְ יִתְקַלְּסוּ־בָ֑ךְ טְמֵאַ֣ת הַשֵּׁ֔ם רַבַּ֖ת הַמְּהוּמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.\[nations\] nearby and the.\[nations\] far.off from you they.will.deride (in) you O.unclean of.(the) name O.great.\[one\] of.(the) turmoil

*JPS 1917:* Those that are near, and those that are far from thee, shall mock thee, thou defiled of name and full of tumult.

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[Habakkuk 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.1.10/)

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וְהוּא֙ בַּמְּלָכִ֣ים יִתְקַלָּ֔ס וְרֹזְנִ֖ים מִשְׂחָ֣ק ל֑וֹ ה֚וּא לְכָל־מִבְצָ֣ר יִשְׂחָ֔ק וַיִּצְבֹּ֥ר עָפָ֖ר וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and it (in the kings it.derides and rulers \[are\].laughter to it it to every fortress it.laughs and it.heaped.up earth and it captured.it

*JPS 1917:* And they scoff at kings, and princes are a derision unto them; they deride every stronghold, for they heap up earth, and take it.

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