King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4426
Transliteration: melitsah
Phonetic Spelling: (mel-ee-tsaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: satire, a mocking poem
Meaning: satire, a mocking poem
Word Summary
melitsah: satire, a mocking poem
Original Word: מְלִיצָהTransliteration: melitsah
Phonetic Spelling: (mel-ee-tsaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: satire, a mocking poem
Meaning: satire, a mocking poem
Strong's Concordance
interpretation, taunting From luwts; an aphorism; also a satire -- interpretation, taunting.
see HEBREW luwts
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4426. melitsah
מְלִיצָה noun [feminine] satire, mocking-poem Habakkuk 2:6, also Proverbs 1:6 (al. here figure, enigma).
לישׁ (√ of following, Thes לושׁ; perhaps = be strong (Thes) compare Arabic , , strength; (medial י) III. see be strong, etc., apparently denominative = be lion-like).