קָלָה qâlâh

Meaning

to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) in contempt)

In the King James Version: base, contemn, despise, lightly esteem, set light, seem vile.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Deuteronomy 25:3 He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
• Deuteronomy 27:16 ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
• 1 Samuel 18:23 But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
• Proverbs 12:9 Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.
• Isaiah 3:5 The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
• Isaiah 16:14 And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”