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Lexicon :: Strong's H7043 - qālal

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קָלַל
Transliteration
qālal
Pronunciation
kaw-lal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2028

Strong’s Definitions

קָלַל qâlal, kaw-lal'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.):—abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-) curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), × slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x

The KJV translates Strong's H7043 in the following manner: curse (39x), swifter (5x), light thing (5x), vile (4x), lighter (4x), despise (3x), abated (2x), ease (2x), light (2x), lighten (2x), slightly (2x), miscellaneous (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x
The KJV translates Strong's H7043 in the following manner: curse (39x), swifter (5x), light thing (5x), vile (4x), lighter (4x), despise (3x), abated (2x), ease (2x), light (2x), lighten (2x), slightly (2x), miscellaneous (12x).

  1. to be slight, be swift, be trifling, be of little account, be light

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be slight, be abated (of water)

      2. to be swift

      3. to be trifling, be of little account

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be swift, show oneself swift

      2. to appear trifling, be too trifling, be insignificant

      3. to be lightly esteemed

    3. (Piel)

      1. to make despicable

      2. to curse

    4. (Pual) to be cursed

    5. (Hiphil)

      1. to make light, lighten

      2. to treat with contempt, bring contempt or dishonour

    6. (Pilpel)

      1. to shake

      2. to whet

    7. (Hithpalpel) to shake oneself, be moved to and fro

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָלַל qâlal, kaw-lal'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.):—abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-) curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), × slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.
STRONGS H7043: Abbreviations
[קָלַל] 82 verb be slight, swift, trifling (probably originally be light; Late Hebrew [קָלַל], קַל, קִלֵּל =Biblical Hebrew; Assyrian ḳalâlu II. depise, dishonour; so Tel Amarna (apparently Canaanism); Arabic bdb088603 be small, scanty; Sabean קללם scanty Hal 143.8 f. (compare FellZMG liv (1900), 246); Ethiopic bdb088604 be light, small, easy; II. despise; Targum קְלַל, Syriac bdb088605 = Biblical Hebrew; also (see Pilp., etc.) Arabic bdb088606 shake, bdb088607: vibrate, whirl (of sword), bdb088608: see be shaken; — SchwZAW xi (1891), 170 ff. thinks shake original, see מַקֵּל); —
† Qal Perfect 2nd person masculine singular קַלּוֺתָ Nahum 1:14; 1st person singular קַלֹּתי Job 40:4; 3rd person plural קַלּוּ Genesis 8:11 +; Imperfect. 3rd person feminine singular וַתֵּקַל Genesis 16:4; 1st person singular וָאֵקַל Genesis 16:5; 3rd person masculine plural יֵָֽֽֽ֑קלּוּ 1 Samuel 2:30; —
1. be slight, of water, be abated, fr off (מֵעַל) earth Genesis 8:8, 11(J).
2. be swift, with מִן compare, of warriors 2 Samuel 1:23, horses Jeremiah 4:13; Habakkuk 1:8; one's days Job 7:6; Job 9:25.
3. trifling, i.e. of little account., of person, Genesis 16:4, 5 (J; both with בְּעֵינֶיהָ; 1 Samuel 2:30 (opposed to אֲכַבֵּד).
† Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נָקֵל (Ges § 67 t.) 2 Kings 20:10 +, וְנָקַל consecutive 2 Kings 3:18; נָקָ֑ל Proverbs 14:6; 1st person singular consecutive וּנְקַלֹּתִי 2 Samuel 6:22; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִקַּ֫לּוּ Isaiah 30:16; Participle feminine נְקַלָּה (עַלֿ) Jeremiah 6:14: + 2 times; —
1. shew oneself swift Isaiah 30:16 (|| עַלקַֿל נִרְכָּ֑ב).
2. appear trifling, 1 Samuel 18:23 (בְּעֵינֵיכֶם; Infinitive subject, compare Dr), with מִן compare be too trifling Isaiah 49:6, especially of sin 1 Kings 16:31 (Infinitive subject), and (with מִן compare) Ezekiel 8:17; easy 2 Kings 3:18 (בְּעֵנַי), 2 Kings 20:10 (with Infinitive), Proverbs 14:6; Participle (as substantive) with עַל in adverb phraseעַלנְֿקַלָּה lightly i.e. superficially, Jeremiah 6:14; Jeremiah 8:11.
3. be lightly esteemed 2 Samuel 6:22 (|| שָׁפָל; opposed to אִכָּכֵ֑דָה).
Pi. 40 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular קִלֵּל 2 Samuel 19:22 +, etc.; Imperfect יְקַלֵּל Leviticus 20:9 +, etc : Imperative masculine singular קַלֵּל 2 Samuel 16:10; Infinitive construct קַלֵּל Genesis 8:21: Joshua 24:9, etc.; Participle מְקַלֵּל Exodus 21:17 +; suffixכֻלֹּה מקללוני Jeremiah 15:10, read מְקַלְלַוְנִי! (Baer); error for כֻּלְּהֶם קִלְלוּנִי JDMich Gf Gie Du and others, etc.; — curse (properly make contemptible):
1. with accusative of person homin. Exodus 21:27 (E), Genesis 12:3 (J), Leviticus 19:14 (H), Judges 9:27; 2 Samuel 16:9 + 16 times; קִלְלַנִי קְלָלָה 1 Kings 2:8; object omitted 2 Samuel 16:5, 7, 10, 11, 13; Psalm 62:5; Psalm 109:28 (opposed to בֵּרַךְ); acc person + ב of oath 1 Samuel 17:43; 2 Kings 2:24; with כ of oath alone Isaiah 8:21.
2. with accusative dei Exodus 22:27 (E), Leviticus 24:15 (H), 1 Samuel 3:13 (reading אֱלֹהִים for להֶם Greek Version of the LXX Comm.), + (object omitted) Leviticus 24:11, 14, 23
3. with accusative of thing Genesis 8:21 (י׳ subject), Job 3:1.
† Pu. Imperfect) 3rd person masculine singular יְקֻלָּ֑ל Isaiah 65:20 be cursed by death; 3rd person feminine singular תְּקֻלַּל Job 24:18 their portion is cursed; Participle plural suffix מְקֻלָּלָיו Psalm 37:22= those cursed by him (opposed to מְברָכָיו).
† Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֵקַל Isaiah 8:23; 2nd person masculine singular suffix הֱקִלֹּחַנִי 2 Samuel 19:44 (van d. H. -הֲ); 3rd person plural הֵקַלּוּ Ezekiel 22:7; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָקֵל 1 Samuel 6:5; Imperative masculine singular; הָקֵל Exodus 18:22+; Infinitive construct id., Isaiah 23:9; Jonah 1:5; —
1. make light, lighten, יָקֵל אֶתיָֿדוֺ מֵעֲלֵיכֶם 1 Samuel 6:5; he will lighten his hand from upon you; with מֵעַל person alone, make light from upon one, lighten one's burden Exodus 18:22 (E), Jonah 1:5; 1 Kings 12:10 2 Chronicles 10:10; + מִן partitive 1 Kings 12:4, 9 2 Chronicles 10:4, 9.
2. treat with contempt, accusative of person 2 Samuel 19:44; Isaiah 23:9; Ezekiel 22:7; direct causative bring contempt, dishonour Isaiah 8:23 (opposed to הִכְבִּיד).
Pilp. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular.
1. shake קִלְקַל בַּחצִּים Ezekiel 21:26 (in divination).
2. (peculiarly) whet Ecclesiastes 10:10 (properly move quickly to and fro).
† Hithpalp. reflexive of 1 : Perfect 3rd person plural הִחְקַלְקָ֑לוּ Jeremiah 4:24 hills shook themselves, shook.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:8; 8:11; 8:11; 8:21; 8:21; 12:3; 16:4; 16:4; 16:5; 16:5

Exodus

18:22; 18:22; 21:17; 21:27; 22:27

Leviticus

19:14; 20:9; 24:11; 24:14; 24:15; 24:23

Joshua

24:9

Judges

9:27

1 Samuel

2:30; 2:30; 3:13; 6:5; 6:5; 17:43; 18:23

2 Samuel

1:23; 6:22; 6:22; 16:5; 16:7; 16:9; 16:10; 16:10; 16:11; 16:13; 19:22

1 Kings

2:8; 12:4; 12:9; 12:10; 16:31

2 Kings

2:24; 3:18; 3:18; 20:10; 20:10

2 Chronicles

10:4; 10:9; 10:10

Job

3:1; 7:6; 9:25; 24:18; 40:4

Psalms

37:22; 62:5; 109:28

Proverbs

14:6; 14:6

Ecclesiastes

10:10

Isaiah

8:21; 23:9; 23:9; 30:16; 30:16; 49:6; 65:20

Jeremiah

4:13; 4:24; 6:14; 6:14; 8:11; 15:10

Ezekiel

8:17; 21:26; 22:7; 22:7

Jonah

1:5; 1:5

Nahum

1:14

Habakkuk

1:8

H7043

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7043 matches the Hebrew קָלַל (qālal),
which occurs 82 times in 79 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 8:8–Job 24:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:8 - Then he sent out a [fn]dove, to see if the water was H7043 low H7043 on the [fn]surface of the land;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:11 - And the dove came to him in [fn]the evening, and behold, in its [fn]beak was a fresh olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was H7043 low H7043 on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - The LORD smelled the soothing aroma, and the LORD said [fn]to Himself, “I will never again curse H7043 the ground on account of man, for the [fn]intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again [fn]destroy every living thing, as I have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3 -

And I will bless those who bless you,

And the one who [fn]curses H7043 you I will [fn]curse.

And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:4 - Then he had relations with Hagar, and she conceived; and when Hagar became aware that she had conceived, her mistress was H7043 insignificant H7043 in her sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - So Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I put my slave woman into your [fn]arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was H7043 insignificant H7043 in her [fn]sight. May the LORD judge between [fn]you and me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:22 - “Let them judge the people at all times; and let it be that they will bring to you every major matter, but they will judge every minor matter themselves. So it will be H7043 easier H7043 for you, and they will carry the burden with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:17 -

“And one who curses H7043 his father or his mother shall certainly be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 -

“You shall not [fn]curse H7043 God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:14 - ‘You shall not curse H7043 a person who is deaf, nor put a stumbling block before a person who is blind, but you shall revere your God; I am the LORD.

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‘If there is anyone who curses H7043 his father or his mother, he shall certainly be put to death. He has cursed H7043 his father or his mother, and has brought his [fn]own death upon himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - And the son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed H7043. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:14 - “Bring the one who has cursed H7043 outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have all the congregation stone him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:15 - “You shall also speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone curses H7043 his God, then he will bear the responsibility for his sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:23 - Then Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and they brought the one who had cursed H7043 outside the camp, and stoned him with stones. So the sons of Israel did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:4 - because they did not meet you with [fn]food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of [fn]Mesopotamia, to curse H7043 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:9 - ‘Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, rose up and fought against Israel, and he sent messengers and summoned Balaam the son of Beor to curse H7043 you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - So they went out to the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trampled them, and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and cursed H7043 Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30 - “Therefore the LORD God of Israel declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father was to walk before Me forever’; but now the LORD declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be H7043 insignificant H7043.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:13 - “For I have told him that I am going to judge his house forever for the wrongdoing that he knew, because his sons were bringing H7043 a H7043 curse H7043 on themselves and he did not rebuke them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - “So you shall make likenesses of your tumors and likenesses of your mice that are ruining the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will lighten H7043 His hand from you, your gods, and your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - So the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed H7043 David by his gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23 - So Saul’s servants spoke these words [fn]to David. But David said, “Is H7043 it trivial H7043 in your sight to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am only a poor man and insignificant?”

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“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in [fn]life,

And in their deaths they were not separated;

They were H7043 swifter H7043 than eagles,

They were mightier than lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:22 - “And I might demean H7043 myself even more than this and be lowly in my own sight, but with the female slaves of whom you have spoken, with them I am to be held in honor!”

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When King David came to Bahurim, behold, a man was coming out from there from the family of the house of Saul, and his name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he was coming out, cursing H7043 as he came.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:7 - This is what Shimei said when he cursed H7043: “Go away, go away, you man of bloodshed and worthless man!

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Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse H7043 my lord the king? Now let me go over and [fn]cut off his head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - But the king said, “[fn]What business of mine is yours, you sons of Zeruiah? If he curses H7043, and if the LORD has told him, ‘Curse H7043 David,’ then who should say, ‘Why have you done so?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son who came out of my own body seeks my life; how much more now this Benjaminite? Leave him alone and let him curse H7043, for the LORD has told him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:13 - So David and his men went on the road; and Shimei kept going on the hillside close beside him, and as he went he cursed H7043 and threw stones and dirt at him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21 - But Abishai the son of Zeruiah responded, “Should Shimei not be put to death for this, the fact that he cursed H7043 the LORD’S anointed?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - But the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, “[fn]We have ten parts in the king, therefore [fn]we also have more claim on David than you. Why then did you treat H7043 [fn]us with H7043 contempt H7043? Was it not [fn]our [fn]advice first to bring back [fn]our king?” Yet the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8 - “And behold, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjaminite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed H7043 me with a painful curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:4 - “Your father made our yoke hard; but now, lighten H7043 the hard labor imposed by your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:9 - He said to them, “What advice do you give, so that we may answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten H7043 the yoke which your father put on us’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:10 - And the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “This is what you should say to this people who spoke to you, saying: ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make H7043 it lighter H7043 for us!’ You should speak this way to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

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And as though it had been H7043 a H7043 trivial H7043 thing H7043 for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshiped him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed H7043 them in the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two [fn]of the boys.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:18 - ‘And this is H7043 an H7043 insignificant H7043 thing H7043 in the sight of the LORD; He will also give the Moabites into your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:10 - So Hezekiah said, “It is H7043 easy H7043 for the shadow to decline ten steps; no, but have the shadow turn backward ten steps.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - “Your father made our yoke hard; but now, lighten H7043 the hard labor imposed by your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:9 - He said to them, “What advice do you give, so that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten H7043 the yoke which your father put on us’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:10 - The young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “This is what you should say to the people who spoke to you, saying: ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make H7043 it lighter H7043 for us!’ You should speak this way to them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:2 - because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse H7043 them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 - So I quarreled with them and cursed H7043 them, and struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take any of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:1 -

Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed H7043 [fn]the day of his birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 -

“My days are H7043 swifter H7043 than a weaver’s shuttle,

And they come to an end without hope.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:25 -

“Now my days are H7043 swifter H7043 than a runner;

They flee away, they see no good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:18 -

“They are [fn]insignificant on the surface of the water;

Their plot of land on the earth is cursed H7043.

They do not turn [fn]toward the vineyards.


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