קַלָּע
qal.la
H7051
H:N-M
Hebrew
slinger
1
Occurrences
1
Books
Hebrew
Language
qal.la denotes men who surround and strike a city during an attack.
The sole attested use places the plural noun among attackers who surround Kir-hareseth and strike it in 2 Kings 3:25.
Senses in use
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Attackers surrounding and striking a city · dominant
In 2 Kings 3:25, the masculine plural absolute form occurs in the final action against Kir-hareseth; the APB renders the clause, “then the slingers surrounded it and struck it.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Kings 3:25, the APB presents the group as “the slingers” who “surrounded it and struck it”.