קָלַל (qālal) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be slight. It appears
82 times
in 22 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7043).
Also rendered
to lighten
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2028)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2028)be slight, swift, trifling; be abated; shew oneself swift, appear trifling, be lightly esteemed; curse, make contemptible; be cursed; make light, lighten, treat with contempt; shake, whet; shook themselves; be, make, light, small…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
קָלַלverb: be slight, swift, trifling
Qal
1.be slight, of water, be abated
2.be swift
3.trifling, i.e. of little account
Niphal
1.shew oneself swift
2.appear trifling
3.be lightly esteemed
Pielcurse (properly make contemptible)
Pualbe cursed
Hiphil
1.make light, lighten
2.treat with contempt
Pilpel
1.shake
2.(peculiarly) whet
Hithpalpelreflex. of 1: hills shook themselves
Strong's H7043קָלַל: to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.) KJV: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.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.