Hebrew Study
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witness07043\ 7043 qalal 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), X slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-)vile, whet.