Lexical Definition

‎קֶלַע‎ qelaʻ (keh'-lah) sling ^H:N-M
from ‎קָלַע‎

hanging, leaf, sling.

• a sling
• also a (door) screen (as if slung across), or the valve (of the door) itself

1) sling, slingstones
2) curtain, drape, hanging

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎קֶ֫לַע‎ noun [masculine] sling; — absolute ‎׳‎‎ק‎ 1Sam 17:50, ‎כַּף הַקָּ֑לַע‎ 1Sam 25:29 hollow of the sling (figurative); suffix‎קַלְעוֺ‎ 1Sam 17:40 ‎אַבְנֵיקָֿ֑לַע‎ Job 41:20* sling-stones, so ‎קְלָעִים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 2Chr 26:14 ‎קֶֿלַע‎‎׳‎‎א‎ Zech 9:15 is difficult: Marti^Kau ‎׳‎‎קֿ‎‎׳‎‎כְּא‎; We Now ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי ק‎ sons of — ?

II. [‎קֶ֫לַע‎]₁₅ noun [masculine] curtain, hanging (P); — plural absolute‎קְעִים‎ Exod 27:9 + 7 t. Exodus; construct ‎קַעֵי‎ Exod 35:17 + 4 t. Exodus; Num 3:26; Num 4:26. — 1Kgs 6:34b read ‎צְלָעִים‎.

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