Jastrow: קַל II

קַל II, קַלָּה f. (b. h.; preced.) light; 1) unimportant, of minor value; easy to achieve.—קל וחומר, v. חוֹמֶר I. Ḥull. XII, 5 מצוה ק׳ שהיא כאיסר a slight religious act which is performed at a sacrifice of one Isar. Y. Kidd. I, 61ᵇ bot. השוה הכתוב מצוה ק׳ שבקַלּוֹת וכ׳ the Bible put the lightest of the light acts (Deut. XXII, 7) on the same level with the most serious (Ex. XX, 12). Tosef. Yoma V (IV), 4 מאכילין אותו הקל הקל you must give him to eat (of forbidden things on hand) that which is of comparatively minor import; a. fr.—Pl. קַלִּים, קַלִּין; קַלּוֹת.—קלים וחמורים, v. חוֹמֶר I.—Dem. I, 1 הק׳ שבדמאי those fruits with which, in cases of doubt as to tithes (v. דְּמַאי), the law deals most leniently. Yoma VIII, 8 על עבירות ק׳ for minor transgressions (to which the lowest penalty is attached); ib. 85ᵇ אלו הן ק׳ וכ׳ these are the minor transgressions: omission of a positive command &c. (v. עָשָׂה); Tosef. ib. V (IV), 5. R. Hash. 25ᵇ, a. e. שלשה קַלֵּי עולם the three worthless (chiefs) in Israel’s history, opp. חמורי עולם. Ib. אפי׳ קל שבק׳ וכ׳ (not קלין) even the most worthless of worthless men, if once appointed a leader, should be respected like the strongest &c.; a. fr. —2) lowly, poor.—Pl. as ab. Arakh. 24ᵃ שלא ישהא מרגלית לק׳ one must not delay the valuation of a jewel dedicated for its value by poor men (for the sake of taking it to a large town where a higher price can be obtained, but it must go by its local value); ib. 18ᵃ מרגלית לק׳ as to local valuation. —3) quick. Ab. III, 12, v. נוֹחַ II. Ib. V, 20 הוי … קל כנשר וכ׳ be … swift as an eagle, and run like a deer to do the will of thy Father in heaven. Sabb. VIII, 5 ביצה ק׳ שבבצים the lightest of eggs; expl. ib. 80ᵇ ק׳ לבשל quick to boil; Y. ib. VIII, 11ᵇ top. Gen. R. s. 16, v. חַד I. Keth. 112ᵃ (ref. to Jer. III, 19 נחלת צבי) מה צבי זה קל … ק׳ לבשל וכ׳ as the deer is the swiftest of beasts, so the land of Israel is the swiftest of all lands to ripen its fruits. Ex. R. s. 19, a. fr. לשעה קלה after a short time; a. fr.—Pl. as ab. Gen. R. l. c.; a. e.