קָלַעqâlaʻ

Meanings

Same root

• מִקְלַעַתmiqlaʻath · H4734a sculpture (probably in bas-relief)
• קֶלַעqelaʻ · H7050a sling; also a (door) screen (as if slung across), or the valve (of the door) itself
• קַלָּעqallâʻ · H7051a slinger
• קְעִילָהQᵉʻîylâh · H7084Keilah, a place in Palestine

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

• Judges 20:16 Among Benjamin’s elite troops, 700 were left-handed, and each of them could sling a rock and hit a target within a hairsbreadth without missing.
• 1 Samuel 17:49 Reaching into his shepherd’s bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on the ground.
• 1 Samuel 25:29 “Even when you are chased by those who seek to kill you, your life is safe in the care of the Lord your God, secure in his treasure pouch! But the lives of your enemies will disappear like stones shot from a sling!
• 1 Kings 6:29 He decorated all the walls of the inner sanctuary and the main room with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
• 1 Kings 6:32 These double doors were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. The doors, including the decorations of cherubim and palm trees, were overlaid with gold.
• 1 Kings 6:35 These doors were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers—all overlaid evenly with gold.