קָבַל

qa.valto receiveHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb13 occurrences7 books12 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to admit, i.e. take (literally or figuratively)
Traditional renderings: choose, (take) hold, receive, (under-) take.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

13 total
  1. Exodus 26:5מַקְבִּילֹת֙ · line up
    Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops line up opposite one another.
  2. Exodus 36:12מַקְבִּילֹת֙ · lined up
    He made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops lined up opposite one another.
  3. 1 Chronicles 12:18וַיְקַבְּלֵ֣ם · received them
    Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.
  4. 1 Chronicles 21:11קַבֶּל־ · You must choose
    So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose
  5. 2 Chronicles 29:16וַֽיְקַבְּלוּ֙ · took [these things]
    So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.
  6. 2 Chronicles 29:22וַיְקַבְּל֤וּ · took
    So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splattered it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and splattered the blood on the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs and splattered the blood on the altar.
  7. Ezra 8:30וְקִבְּלוּ֙ · took charge of
    So the priests and Levites took charge of the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.
  8. Esther 4:4קִבֵּֽל׃ · accept them
    When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
  9. Esther 9:23וְקִבֵּל֙ · agreed to continue
    So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
  10. Esther 9:27וְקִבֵּל · bound themselves
    …the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
  11. Job 2:10נְקַבֵּל֙ · Should we accept; נְקַבֵּ֑ל
    “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
  12. Proverbs 19:20וְקַבֵּ֣ל · and accept
    Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.