קָלַע
qâlaʻ · kaw-lah'
to sling; also to carve (as if a circular motion, or into light forms)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to sling; also to carve (as if a circular motion, or into light forms)
- to sling
- also, to carve (as if a circular motion, or into light forms)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: carve, sling (out).
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › authority, the one who leads › to see and know
What comes behind, the returning cycle of authority, the one who leads that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָלַע above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and he carved3 · 43%
- every one could sling1 · 14%
- and slang1 · 14%
- them shall he sling out1 · 14%
- behold, i will sling1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.