קלל

Aramaic

Verb

קלל • (transliteration needed)

  1. to be lightweight
  2. to lessen, to lighten

Hebrew

Root
ק־ל־ל (q-l-l)
11 terms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Cognate with Arabic قَلَّ (qalla, “to be few, little”) and Ge'ez ቀለለ (ḳälälä). Properly meaning "to be light", from there figuratively extended to the attested senses below. Compare also קַל (kal, “light”).

Verb

קָלַל or קַל • (kalál or kal) (pa'al construction, future יֵקַל)

  1. (intransitive) to decrease, diminish
    • Tanach, Genesis 8:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַתָּבֹא אֵלָיו הַיּוֹנָה לְעֵת עֶרֶב וְהִנֵּה עֲלֵה־זַיִת טָרָף בְּפִיהָ וַיֵּדַע נֹחַ כִּי־קַלּוּ הַמַּיִם מֵעַל הָאָרֶץ׃
      And the dove came in to him at eventide; and lo in her mouth an olive-leaf freshly plucked; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
  2. to be quick, swift
    • Tanach, Jeremiah 4:13, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      הִנֵּה  כַּעֲנָנִים יַעֲלֶה וְכַסּוּפָה מַרְכְּבוֹתָיו קַלּוּ מִנְּשָׁרִים סוּסָיו אוֹי לָנוּ כִּי שֻׁדָּדְנוּ׃
      Behold, he cometh up as clouds, and his chariots are as the whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles.— ’Woe unto us! for we are undone.’—
  3. to be of little importance or worth, to be despised
    • Tanach, Genesis 16:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיָּבֹא אֶל־הָגָר וַתַּהַר וַתֵּרֶא כִּי הָרָתָה וַתֵּקַל גְּבִרְתָּהּ בְּעֵינֶיהָ׃
      And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

Etymology 2

Verb

קִלֵּל • (kilél) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of קילל

References

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