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# קֶלַע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7050

**sling** — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

sling [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7050/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קֶ֫לַע: sling [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7050/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] sling;—abs. ק׳ 1 S 17:50, כַּף הַקָּ֑לַע 25:29 hollow of the sling (fig.); sf. קַלְעוֹ 17:40; אַבְנֵי־קָ֑לַע Jb 41:20 2, so א׳ קְלָעִים 2 Ch 26:14; א׳־קֶלַע Zc 9:15 is difficult: MartiKau כְּא׳־ק׳; We Now בְּנֵי ק׳ sons of———?

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: sling (3); of a sling (2); of slings (1).

## In the verses

[Job 41:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.41.20/#tree)

לֹֽא־יַבְרִיחֶ֥נּוּ בֶן־קָ֑שֶׁת לְ֝קַ֗שׁ נֶהְפְּכוּ־ל֥וֹ אַבְנֵי־קָֽלַע׃

*Word for word:* not it makes.it.flee \[the\].son of.a.bow into chaff they.are.changed for it stones of.a.sling

*JPS 1917:* The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

[2 Chronicles 26:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.26.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.26.14/#tree)

וַיָּכֶן֩ לָהֶ֨ם עֻזִּיָּ֜הוּ לְכָל־הַצָּבָ֗א מָגִנִּ֤ים וּרְמָחִים֙ וְכ֣וֹבָעִ֔ים וְשִׁרְיֹנ֖וֹת וּקְשָׁת֑וֹת וּלְאַבְנֵ֖י קְלָעִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.prepared for them Uzziah for all the army shields and spears and helmets and body.armor(s) and bows and (to) stones of.slings

*JPS 1917:* And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7050.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/7050/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).