King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H4448
Transliteration: malal
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-lal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to speak, utter, say
Meaning: to speak, utter, say
Word Summary
malal: to speak, utter, say
Original Word: מָלַלTransliteration: malal
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-lal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to speak, utter, say
Meaning: to speak, utter, say
Strong's Concordance
say, speak, utter A primitive root; to speak (mostly poetical) or say -- say, speak, utter.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4448. malal
I. [מָלַל] verb Pi`el speak, utter, say (Late Hebrew Pi`el id.; Aramaic (and many derivatives ), מַלֵּל; perhaps compare Arabic IV. dictate (a letter, etc.), () IV id. NöZMG xi. 1886, 725); —
Pi`el Perfect מִלֵּל Genesis 21:7; compare 1singular מַלּוֺתִי (Ew§274 b. N) as
proper name below; מִלֵּ֑לוּ Job 33:3; Imperfect יְמַלֵּל Psalm 106:2; תְּמַלֶּלֿ Job 8:2; — say, followed by direct quotation + לְ of indirect object Genesis 21:7; utter, object דַּ֫עַת Job 33:3; compare 8:2; object י ׳גְּבוּרוֺת Psalm 106:2.
II. [מָלַל] verb rub, scrape (Late Hebrew id., rub ears of wheat, scrape); — only
Qal Participle מוֺלֵל in בְּאֶצְבְּעֹתָיו מֹרֶה בְּרַגְלָ֑ו֯ מוֺלֵל בְּעֵינָו֯ קֹרֵץ Proverbs 6:13 he that winketh with his eyes, that scrapeth with his feet (making signs), etc., so De Now Str < Ew Wild from I. מלל that speaketh with his feet.