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title: קָלַע — sling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָלַע (7049), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: sling. BDB 1906: vb. sling, hurl forth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָלַע

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«קָלַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sling** — 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:** 7049 · **BDB:** קָלַע

### Glosses

\[am\].about.to.sling.forth (1); \[was\].slinging (1); he (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7049/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. sling, hurl forth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7049/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. sling, hurl forth (Thes cp. Arabic قَلِعَ sit insecurely (v. also Frä 224, Socin in BuhlLex 13), waver, whence قِلْعٌ sail (loan-wd. Fräl.c.), J.Aram קַלְעָא id., BH NH קֶלַע curtain; thence hurl, sling; but this perhaps denom. (Socinl.c.) from قُلَّاعَةٌ loosened clod, cf. Syriac ܩܽܘܠܳܥܳܐ id. (Nö in Fräl.c.); Arabic مِقْلَعٌ sling, Ethiopic መቅልዕ: id.; 𝔗 קְלַע vb. sling, Syriac n. ܩܶܠܥܳܐ sling);— Pt. קֹלֵעַ בָּאֶבֶן אֶל־ Ju 20:16 one slinging (with) a stone at a hair; קוֹ׳ c. acc. pers. Je 10:18 I will sling forth the inhabitants. Impf. 3 ms. וַיִקַלַּע 1 S 17:49 and he slang (sc. the stone); sf. יְקַלְּעֶנָּה he shall sling away (life of enemy).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָלַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7049/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 10:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.10.18/)

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כִּֽי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִ֥י קוֹלֵ֛עַ אֶת־יוֹשְׁבֵ֥י הָאָ֖רֶץ בַּפַּ֣עַם הַזֹּ֑את וַהֲצֵר֥וֹתִי לָהֶ֖ם לְמַ֥עַן יִמְצָֽאוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) thus he.says Yahweh here I \[am\].about.to.sling.forth (et) the.inhabitants of the.land at the time (the) this and I.will.cause.distress to them so.that they.may.find

*JPS 1917:* For thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel it.

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[Judges 20:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.20.16/)

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מִכֹּ֣ל ׀ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה שְׁבַ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ אִ֣ישׁ בָּח֔וּר אִטֵּ֖ר יַד־יְמִינ֑וֹ כָּל־זֶ֗ה קֹלֵ֧עַ בָּאֶ֛בֶן אֶל־הַֽשַּׂעֲרָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א יַחֲטִֽא׃פ

*Word for word:* \[were\].from all the people (the) this seven hundred(s) man chosen impeded the.hand his.right.side his all this \[was\].slinging with the stone to the.single hair and not he.missed

*JPS 1917:* All this people, even seven hundred chosen men, were left-handed; every one could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.

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