Word

קָלָה

qâlâh · H7034 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences

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Meanings

insignificant, contemptible

Lightly esteemed or viewed as base

Examples
1 Samuel 18:23 So Saul’s servants spoke these words to David. But David said, “Is it trivial in your sight to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am only a poor man and insignificant?”
Deuteronomy 25:3 “He may have him beaten forty times, but not more, so that he does not have him beaten with many more lashes than these, and that your brother does not become contemptible in your eyes.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

אָחbrother 1
כָּבוֹדglory, honor 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 2 groups

אָבfather 1
אֵםmother 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בin/on/with+ הָמוֹןmultitude, tumult, abundance 1
לto/for+ עַיִןeye, sight 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אָרַרto curse 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

טוֹבgood 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Near synonyms 2 words

בָּזָה bâzâh · H959 · to despise, to disdain, to scorn: Common Hebrew synonym for despising or holding in contempt; both verbs express treating someone or something as worthless or of little value
מָאַס mâʼaç · H3988 · to reject, to refuse, to waste away: Hebrew verb expressing rejection and contemptuous dismissal; overlaps semantically with קָלָה in contexts of treating something as worthless or rejecting it

Contrasting words 1 word

כָּבַד kâbad · H3513 · to be heavy, to be burdensome: Direct lexical opposite: to treat as weighty/honorable versus to treat as light/contemptible; standard Hebrew antonym pair contrasting honor and dishonor

In the other Testament 1 word

ἀτιμάζω atimázō · G818 · to treat shamefully, to mistreat, to cause to be dishonored: Greek equivalent expressing dishonor and contemptuous treatment; frequently renders Hebrew verbs of despising in LXX

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

קָלָה qâlâh · H7033 · to burn, burning, to roast · 4×קָלוֹן qâlôwn · H7036 · disgrace, shame, insult · 17×קָלָהqâlâh · H7034קָלִי qâlîy · H7039 · parched grain, roasted grain · 6×קִיקָלוֹן qîyqâlôwn · H7022 · disgrace, shame · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7034. qalah II. [קָלָה] verb Niph`al belightly esteemed, dishonoured (|| form of קלל;…

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 Isa 16:14; Deu 25:3; Participle נִקְלֶה Isa 3:5 Isa 3:2t.; — be lightly esteemed, held of little account, Isa 16:14 (glory of Moab); וְנִקְלֶה רָשׁ אִישׁ 1Sa 18:23; so (Participle as substantive) Isa 3:5 (opposed to נִכְבָּד), Pro 12:9 (opposed to מִתְכַּבֵּד); more positively, be dishonoured, degraded, Deu 25:3 (עֵינֶיךָ).
Hiph`il treat with contempt, dishonour, Participle וגו אָבִיו ׳מַקְלֶה Deu 27:16 one dis-honouring [i.e. opposed to כַּבֵּד of 5th Command].

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0