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title: מִלָּה — word · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִלָּה (4405), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 38 times: word. BDB 1906: n.f. word, speech, utterance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִלָּה

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«מִלָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **word** — 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:** 38 times · **Key:** 4405 · **BDB:** מִלָּה²

### Glosses

words (27); speech (5); \[the\].words (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

word [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4405/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. word, speech, utterance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4405/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. word, speech, utterance (poet., especially Jb; common in Aramaic);—מ׳ ψ 139:4 Jb 30:9; sf. מִלָּתִי Jb 13:17 + 3 times; מִלָּתוֹ 2 S 23:2; pl. מִלִּים Jb 6:26 + 9 times (all Jb); מִלִּין Jb 4:2 + 12 times (all Jb); pl. sf. מִלָּ֑י Jb 19:23 + 4 times; מִלֶּיךָ Jb 4:4 Pr 23:9; מִלֵּיהֶם ψ 19:5;—word בִּלְשׁוֹנִי in (on) my tongue ψ 139:4; word (of י׳), עַל־לְשׁוֹנִי on my tongue 2 S 23:2; שֵׂכֶל מ׳ Pr 23:9; fig. ψ 19:5 (‖ קַוָּם; but read קוֹלָם v. Che crit. n.); elsewhere only Jb (34 times); sg. speech, utterance Jb 13:17; 21:2; 24:25; 29:22; also word = by-word, וָאֱהִי לָהֶם לְמִלָּה Jb 30:9; pl. words, Jb 4:4; 6:26; 8:10: 12:11; 15:3 (‖ דָּבָר), 16:4; 19:2, 23; 32:11, 14; 33:1, 8 (קוֹל מ׳), 34:2, 3, 16 (קוֹל מ׳), 36:2, 4; words of God Jb 23:5; words = speech, speaking, וַעְצֹר בְּמִלִּין מִי יוּכָ֑ל Jb 4:2, cf. 29:9; utter words, וְהֹצֵאתָ מִפִּיךָ מִלִּין 15:13; הִגַּדְתָּ מ׳ 26:4; lay snares for words תְּשִׂימוּן קִנְצֵי לְמִלִּין Jb 18:2, cf. Jb 32:15 הֶעְתִּיקוּ מֵהֶם מִלִּים; מָלֵתִי מִלִּים Jb 32:18 I am full of words, cf. אִם־יֵשׁ־מִלִּין הֲשִׁיבֵנִי 33:32; אֲשִׁיבְךָ מִלִּין Jb 35:4; בִּבְלִי־דַ֫עַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּר 35:16, cf. 38:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 37 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִלָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4405/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 32:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.15/)

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חַ֭תּוּ לֹא־עָ֣נוּ ע֑וֹד הֶעְתִּ֖יקוּ מֵהֶ֣ם מִלִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* they.are.dismayed not they.have.answered again they.have.moved from them words

*JPS 1917:* They are amazed, they answer no more; words are departed from them.

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[Job 32:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.18/)

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כִּ֭י מָלֵ֣תִי מִלִּ֑ים הֱ֝צִיקַ֗תְנִי ר֣וּחַ בִּטְנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) I.am.full words it has.constrained.me the.spirit my.belly my

*JPS 1917:* For I am full of words; the spirit within me constraineth me.

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