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title: מְלַל — speak · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: מְלַל (lemma:מְלַל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 5 times: speak. BDB 1906: vb. speak, say Pi. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְלַל

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«מְלַל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **speak** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** lemma:מְלַל · **BDB:** מְלַל

### Glosses

\[was\].speaking (2); he.spoke (1); he.will.speak (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

speak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5dc_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. speak, say Pi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5dc_5b7_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. speak, say (so 𝔗 Syriac; cf. BH מלל Pi. (rare));—Pf. 3 ms. מַלִּל Dn 6:22 he spoke with (עִם pers.); acc. of words, Impf. 3 ms. יְמַלִּ֔ל 7:25 (c. לְצַד of God); so Pt. act. מְמַלִּל v 8 (van d. H. here מְמַלֵּל), v 20; f. מְמַלֱּלָא (K§ 15 d)) v 11.

### Jastrow 1903

מְלַל II: Pa to speak to be spoken, said, told me saḥu? to converse [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5dc_5b7_5dc/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , Pa. מַלֵּיל, מַלֵּל ch. same, in gen. to speak (corresp. to b. h. דִּבֵּר, שִׂיחַ). Targ. Gen. XXXIV, 3 (O. ed. Berl. מַלֵּי). Ib. XVII, 22, sq.; a. v. fr.—Part. מְמַלֵּל, מְמַלְּלָא \&c. (in ed. frequ. with one מ, corr. acc.). Targ. Job II, 10; a. fr.—Kidd. 50ᵃ מְמַלֵּי מילי עלוי (= מְמלְּלֵי) they speak against me. to be spoken, said, told. Targ. Ps. LXXXVII, 3. Targ. Y. Ex. XX, 16; a. e.—Y. Shek. VI, 50, top (play on שחו, Ez. XLVII, 5) \[read:\] מאי מי שחו מיין דמִתְמַלְּלִין וכ׳ what is me saḥu? Waters which are spoken of in the world (v. שִׂיחַ). to converse. Targ. Y. Ex. XXXIII, 9. Targ. Ez. II, 2; I, 28; a. e.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְלַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b0_5dc_5b7_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.22/)

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אֱדַ֙יִן֙ דָּנִיֶּ֔אל עִם־מַלְכָּ֖א מַלִּ֑ל מַלְכָּ֖א לְעָלְמִ֥ין חֱיִֽי׃

*Word for word:* then Daniel with the king he.spoke O king forever live!

*JPS 1917:* Then said Daniel unto the king: 'O king, live for ever!

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[Daniel 7:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.11/)

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חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֔ית בֵּאדַ֗יִן מִן־קָל֙ מִלַּיָּ֣א רַבְרְבָתָ֔א דִּ֥י קַרְנָ֖א מְמַלֱּלָ֑ה חָזֵ֣ה הֲוֵ֡ית עַד֩ דִּ֨י קְטִילַ֤ת חֵֽיוְתָא֙ וְהוּבַ֣ד גִּשְׁמַ֔הּ וִיהִיבַ֖ת לִיקֵדַ֥ת אֶשָּֽׁא׃

*Word for word:* seeing I.was then from the.sound of the.words (the) great which the horn \[was\].speaking seeing I.was until that it.was.killed the beast and it.was.destroyed body its and it.was.given to.\[the\] burning of.fire

*JPS 1917:* I beheld at that time because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke, I beheld even till the beast was slain, and its body destroyed, and it was given to be burned with fire.

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