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title: מְלִילָה — ear · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְלִילָה (4425), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: ear. BDB 1906: n.f. ear. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְלִילָה

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«מְלִילָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ear** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4425 · **BDB:** מְלִילָה

### Glosses

ears.of.corn (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4425/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. ear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4425/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. ear of wheat, etc. (perhaps as rubbed or scraped, cf. NH הַמּוֹלֵל מְלִילוֹת);—only pl. abs. מְלִילוֹת Dt 23:26 (cf. Di).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְלִילָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4425/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 23:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.26/)

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כִּ֤י תָבֹא֙ בְּקָמַ֣ת רֵעֶ֔ךָ וְקָטַפְתָּ֥ מְלִילֹ֖ת בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְחֶרְמֵשׁ֙ לֹ֣א תָנִ֔יף עַ֖ל קָמַ֥ת רֵעֶֽךָ׃ס

*Word for word:* (dm) you.will.go in the.standing.grain your.neighbor your and you.will.pluck.off ears.of.corn with hand your and a.sickle not you.will.wield on the.standing.grain your.neighbor your

*JPS 1917:* When thou comest into thy neighbour's standing corn, then thou mayest pluck ears with thy hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbour's standing corn.

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