# H7034 קָלָה

קָלָה (qâlâh), Strong’s H7034: to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) in contempt) KJV: base, contemn, despise, lightly esteem, set light, seem…

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*qâlâh* — to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) in contempt)

KJV: base, contemn, despise, lightly esteem, set light, seem vile.

Occurs 6 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [קָלָה] vb. Niph. be lightly esteemed, dishonoured
- Hiph. treat with contempt, dishonour

## Where it occurs
- [Deuteronomy 25:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/25?v=3) — He may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more, lest if he should give more and beat him…
- [Deuteronomy 27:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/27?v=16) — ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
- [1 Samuel 18:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/18?v=23) — Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, “Does it seem to you a light thing to be the king’s…
- [Isaiah 3:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/3?v=5) — The people will be oppressed, everyone by another, and everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly…
- [Isaiah 16:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/16?v=14) — But now the LORD has spoken, saying, “Within three years, as a worker bound by contract would count them, the glory of…
- [Proverbs 12:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/12?v=9) — Better is he who is little known, and has a servant, than he who honors himself and lacks bread.