קָלַס qâlaç — to disparage, i.e. ridicule
Translated in the KJV as mock, scoff, scorn.
a primitive root; to disparage, i.e. ridicule.
qâlaç in each stem
Hitpa'el
Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Wayyiqtol 1
And he went up from thence unto Beth–el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
Pi'el
Infinitive construct 1
In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›