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ql, qlˀ (qāl, qālā) n.m. voice
1
voice, sound of a voice
Common Aramaic
TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .91↗ מלך כרחמן אף קלה גבה ה[ו‏ : no matter how merciful a king, his voice is still loud ; Dan 4:28↗ עוֹד מִלְּתָא בְּפֻם מַלְכָּא קָל מִן־שְׁמַיָּא נְפַל‏ : while the king was still speaking, a voice descended from heaven ; 11QtgJob 38.2=42:9↗ ושמע א[ל]ה̇א בקלה די איוב‏ ; TgO Gen21:16↗ וַאֲרֵימַת יָת קָלַה וֻבכָת‏ : she raised her voice and wept ; CPA Is40:3↗ ܩܠ ܨܘܚ ܒܡܕܒܪܐ‏ : a voice crying out in the wilderness ; OS MtCur2:18↗ ܩܠܐ ܐܫܬܡܥ ܒܪܡܬܐ‏ ; BT Yom 69b(24)↗ אזל קליה בארבע מאה פרסי‏ : its voice carried four hundred parasangs ; ATS 1.2:1008↗ ḏqala ḏtarnaula šami^i^n : those who hear the cock's cry ; PJ Gen21:17↗ קליה דטליא‏ : the lad's voice
(1)
speech
Common Aramaic
TgO Gen4:23↗ עָדָה וְצִלָה שְמַעָא קָלִי נְשֵי לַמַך אֲצִיתָא לְמֵימְרִי‏ : Adah and Tsilah, hear my speech; Lamech's wives, attend my speaking ; CPA Psalms27:1↗ ܫܡܘܥ ܡܪܐ ܠܩܠܝ‏ ; BBah 988:8↗ ܡܸܹܐܡܪܐ ܐܝܬܘ܊ ܩܠܐ ܡܫܲܘܕܥܢܐ‏ : "speech" is informing speech
(2)
ql rm : a loud voice : see s.v. rm adj.
Common Aramaic
2
sound, noise
Common Aramaic
Sf.1.a29↗ wˀl ytšmˁ ql knr bˀrpd : the sound of the lyre shall not be heard in Arpad ; Dan 3:5↗ בְּעִדָּנָא דִּי־תִשְׁמְעוּן קָל קַרְנָא‏ : when you hear the sound of the horn ; 11QtgJob 33.5=39:25↗ ולקל קרנא יאמר האח‏ ; LSt.152:25↗ ܐܢ ܢܗܘܐ ܩܠܐ ܕܕܪ̈ܥܘܗܝ‏ : should his arms be noisy ; P Am2:2↗ ܘܒܩܠܐ ܕܫܝܦܘܪܐ‏ : at the sound of the trumpet ; BT Er 104a(36)↗ אולודי קלא‏ : to produce (an artificial) sound ; JohnBook 13:12↗ qal zainaiun uqal qrabaiun : the sound of their weapons and the sound of their battle-gear ; DMordecai:2↗ ותווהו כל עממי ארעא לקל איתרגושיהון‏ : all nations of the earth were astounded at the noise of their tumult
(1)
(music) musical tone
Syr
EOE 1.204:3 text not cited
(1)
melody
Syr
EphFid 10:.↗ ܥܠ ܩܠܐ ܕܐܝܙܓܕܐ ܗܕܝܐ‏ : (to be sung) to the melody of "oh messenger oh guide"
(1)
ܒܪ ܩܠܗ : the same melody : see s.v br qlh n.
Syr
(2)
mode
CPA, Syr
LN:27b↗ ܘܐܡܪܝܢ ܗܕܝܢ ܛܘܪܧ̈ܐܪܝܢ ܒܩܠܐ ܫܬܝܬܝܐ‏ : they recite this troparion in the sixth mode
(2)
thunder
Common Aramaic
BukânStele 12↗ wšbˁ | šnn | ˀl | ytn | hḋd | ql̇ḣ ; TgO Ex9:23↗ וַיוי יְהַב קָלִין וֻברַד‏ ; TgO Ex19:16↗ קָלִין וֻבַרקִין וַעְנָנָא תַקִיף עַל טוּרָא‏ ; TN Ex19:16↗ text not cited ; CPA Ex19:16↗ ܘܗܘܘ ܩ̈ܠܝܐ ܘܒܪ̈ܩܝܐ ܘܥܢܢܐ‏ ; P Ex19:16↗ ܩ̈ܠܐ ܘܒܪ̈ܩܐ‏ ; IfOurMouth10a↗ ואשמעיננא פיתגמוהי בקלין וברקין‏ : He enabled us to hear His words with thunders and lightnings
(3)
poetic word
Syr
JSBhom 33:65↗ ܘܵܠܸܐ ܗ̄ܘ ܕܲܐܙܼܝܥ ܩ̈ܵܠܲܝ ܥܲܠ ܬܲܫܥܼܝܬܵܗ‏ : it is proper for me to produce my words about its story
(4)
noisiness, outcrying
Man
AM 193:18↗ qala ušigša nihuia balma : there will be noise and disturbance in the world
3
report, rumor
Syr, JBA
P Gn45:16↗ ܘܩܠܐ ܐܫܬܡܥ ܒܝܬ ܦܪܥܘܢ‏ ; BT BB 32b(31)↗ הוה איכא עליה קלא דקא אכיל ארעא דיתמי‏ : there was a rumor concerning him that he was enjoying the usufruct of the orphans' field
(1)
_, ܡܘܢ ܩܠܐ ܒ: what is the news?
Gal, Syr
PTTan 66.d:52[2]↗ מה קלא בעלמא אמרון ליה ולית את ידע מה קלא בעלמא‏ : he said to them: What is going on in the world? They said to him: Don't you know what is going on in the world? ; Am7 252:7↗ ܡܘ݁ܢ ܩܠܐ ܒܥܠܡܐ܃ ܘܐܢܗܘ ܕܐܬܝܢ ܡܝ̈ܐ ܕܢܗܪܐ ܐܝܟ ܥܝܕܗܘܢ‏ : what is the news in the world and does the river water flood as usual?
(2)
public knowledge
JBA
BT Ket 23a(23)↗ אם איתא דאיגרשא קלא אית ליה למילתא‏ : if she had been divorced, the matter would be public knowledge
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The use of "melody" at the heading of liturgical poems implies meter as well as melody.
Possibly with a phonetic shift /qāl/ -> /qān/ in a single instance: see DJBA p. 1026 s.v. קן n.m.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1367[651]DJPA: 492bDJBA: 1016bJastrow: 1371Drower/Macuch: 400b, 399bPayne-Smith: 3618J. Payne-Smith: 505Levy Ch-W: 2:361Tal Sam: 777DNWSI: 1010DCPA[Schulthess]: 373[177]Qumran: 209

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