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title: קֶלַע — sling · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קֶלַע (7050), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: sling. BDB 1906: sling. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קֶלַע

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«קֶלַע» 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 7050 · **BDB:** קֶ֫לַע

### Glosses

sling (3); of.a.sling (2); of.slings (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7050/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

sling [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7050/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] sling;—abs. ק׳ 1 S 17:50, כַּף הַקָּ֑לַע 25:29 hollow of the sling (fig.); sf. קַלְעוֹ 17:40; אַבְנֵי־קָ֑לַע Jb 41:20 2, so א׳ קְלָעִים 2 Ch 26:14; א׳־קֶלַע Zc 9:15 is difficult: MartiKau כְּא׳־ק׳; We Now בְּנֵי ק׳ sons of———?

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 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 «קֶלַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7050/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 41:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.20/)

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לֹֽא־יַבְרִיחֶ֥נּוּ בֶן־קָ֑שֶׁת לְ֝קַ֗שׁ נֶהְפְּכוּ־ל֥וֹ אַבְנֵי־קָֽלַע׃

*Word for word:* not it makes.it.flee \[the\].son of.a.bow into chaff they.are.changed for it stones of.a.sling

*JPS 1917:* The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

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[2 Chronicles 26:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.26.14/)

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וַיָּכֶן֩ לָהֶ֨ם עֻזִּיָּ֜הוּ לְכָל־הַצָּבָ֗א מָגִנִּ֤ים וּרְמָחִים֙ וְכ֣וֹבָעִ֔ים וְשִׁרְיֹנ֖וֹת וּקְשָׁת֑וֹת וּלְאַבְנֵ֖י קְלָעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.prepared for them Uzziah for all the army shields and spears and helmets and body.armor(s) and bows and (to) stones of.slings

*JPS 1917:* And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.

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