# קָלַע (qala)

Israeli respelling: qa-la. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7049. 7 Old Testament occurrences.

to sling; also to carve (as if a circular motion, or into light forms)

King James renderings: carve, sling (out).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/qala-h7049

## Occurrences

- [Judges 20:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/20/16) — Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
- [1 Samuel 17:49](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/17/49) — And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk int…
- [1 Samuel 25:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/29) — Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God…
- [1 Kings 6:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/6/29) — And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
- [1 Kings 6:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/6/32) — The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them wit…
- [1 Kings 6:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/6/35) — And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
- [Jeremiah 10:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/10/18) — For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it s…