# H7043 קָלַל

קָלַל (qâlal), Strong’s H7043: to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.) KJV: abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-)…

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*qâlal* — to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)

KJV: abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-) curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier)…

Occurs 82 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [קָלַל] 82 vb. be slight, swift, trifling
- Qal
- 1 be slight, of water, be abated
- 2 be swift
- 3 trifling, i.e. of little account
- Niph.
- 1 shew oneself swift
- 2 appear trifling
- 3 be lightly esteemed
- Pi. curse (prop. make contemptible)
- Pu. be cursed
- Hiph.
- 1 make light, lighten
- 2 treat with contempt
- Pilp.
- 1 shake
- 2 (peculiarly) whet
- Hithpalp. reflex. of 1: hills shook themselves

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 8:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=8) — He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,
- [Genesis 8:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=11) — The dove came back to him at evening and, behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the…
- [Genesis 8:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=21) — The LORD smelled the pleasant aroma. The LORD said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s…
- [Genesis 12:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/12?v=3) — I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will…
- [Genesis 16:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=4) — He went in to Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
- [Genesis 16:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/16?v=5) — Sarai said to Abram, “This wrong is your fault. I gave my servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had…
- [Exodus 18:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/18?v=22) — Let them judge the people at all times. It shall be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small…
- [Exodus 21:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/21?v=17) — “Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
- [Exodus 22:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/22?v=27) — “You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
- [Leviticus 19:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/19?v=14) — “‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.