Lexical Summary qalah: to be lightly esteemed or dishonored Original Word: קָלָהTransliteration: qalah Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-law') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to be lightly esteemed or dishonored Meaning: to be lightly esteemed or dishonored Strong's Concordance base, contemn, despise, lightly esteem, set light, seem vile A primitive root; to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) in contempt) -- base, contemn, despise, lightly esteem, set light, seem vile. Brown-Driver-Briggs H7034. qalah II. [קָלָה] verb Niph`al belightly esteemed, dishonoured ("" form of קלל; compare Late Hebrew קְלנָא ᵑ7 קָלוֺן, disgrace, shame); — Perfect3masculine singular consecutive וְנִקְלָה Isaiah 16:14; Deuteronomy 25:3; Participle נִקְלֶה Isaiah 3:5 2t.; — be lightly esteemed, held of little account, 16:14 (glory of Moab); וְנִקְלֶה רָשׁ אִישׁ 1 Samuel 18:23; so (Participle as substantive) Isaiah 3:5 (opposed to נִכְבָּד), Proverbs 12:9 (opposed to מִתְכַּבֵּד); more positively, be dishonoured, degraded, Deuteronomy 25:3 (עֵינֶיךָ). Hiph`il treat with contempt, dishonour, Participle וגו אָבִיו ׳מַקְלֶה Deuteronomy 27:16 one dis-honouring [i.e. opposed to כַּבֵּד of 5th Command]. |
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