Lexical Definition

‎קָלָה‎ qâlâh (kaw-law') to roast ^H:V
a primitive root (rather identical with ‎קָלָה‎ through the idea of shrinkage by heat)

dried, loathsome, parch, roast.

• to toast, i.e. scorch partially or slowly

1) to roast, parch
1a) (Qal) to roast
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be burned
1b2) burning (participle)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎קָלָה‎] verb roast, parch (Late Hebrew ‎קָלָה‎ id. (rare), ‎קָלִי‎ = Biblical Hebrew; As kalû II. I, III. I burn, consume Meissn^{Suppl. 84}; Sabean ‎קלאתם‎ conflagratio, aestus Os⁴; Os¹; Os¹⁹; Os²⁰ CIS^{iv. No 74, 1.20}; Arabic fry or roast wheat; Ethiopic burn, fry, so ᵑ7 ‎קְלָא‎ Syriac ); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎קָלָם בָּאֵשׁ‎ Jer 29:22 (accusative of person) he roasted them with fire; Passive participle ‎אָבִיב קָלוּי בָּאֵשׁ‎ Lev 2:14 (P) grain parched with fire; so ‎קָלוּי‎ alone, as common food, Josh 5:11 (P), see ‎קָלִי‎ Niph`al Participle ‎נִקְלֶה‎ as noun Ps 38:8* my loins are filled with burning (Vrss Bae with contempt, II. ‎קלה‎).

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