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Job 24:18
“He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
קַלqal · kal
H7031 · Hebrew
H7031 · Hebrew
- Definition
- light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial)
- Derivation
- contracted from H7043 (קָלַל);
- KJV renderings
- light, swift(-ly).
- Grammar
- קַֽל — adjective, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 13 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Samuel 2:18Ecclesiastes 9:11Isaiah 5:26Isaiah 18:2Isaiah 19:1
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קַל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.