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title: מָלַל — speak · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָלַל (4448), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: speak. BDB 1906: vb. Pi. speak, utter, say n.pr. utter. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָלַל

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«מָלַל» in the Tanakh 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 4448 · **BDB:** מָלַל

### Glosses

has.he.said (1); they.utter (1); will.he.utter (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

speak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4448/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pi. speak, utter, say n.pr. utter [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4448/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Pi. speak, utter, say (NH Pi. id.; Aramaic ܡܰܠܶܠ (and many deriv.), מַלֵּל; perhaps cf. Arabic مَلَّ iv. dictate (a letter, etc.), ((ملو) مَلَا) iv. id. NöZMG xl. 1886, 725);— Pf. מִלֵּל Gn 21:7; cf. 1 s. מַלּוֹתִי (Ew§ 274 b. N) as n.pr. infr.; מִלֵּ֑לוּ Jb 33:3; Impf. יְמַלֵּל ψ 106:2; תְּמַלָּל־ Jb 8:2;—say, sq. dir. quot. + לְ of ind. obj. Gn 21:7; utter, obj. דַּ֫עַת Jb 33:3; cf. 8:2; obj. גְּבוּרוֹת י׳ ψ 106:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָלַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4448/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 106:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.2/)

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מִ֗י יְ֭מַלֵּל גְּבוּר֣וֹת יְהוָ֑ה יַ֝שְׁמִ֗יעַ כָּל־תְּהִלָּתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* who? will.he.utter the.mighty.deeds of.Yahweh will.he.proclaim? all praise his

*JPS 1917:* Who can express the mighty acts of the LORD, or make all His praise to be heard?

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[Job 8:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.8.2/)

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עַד־אָ֥ן תְּמַלֶּל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְר֥וּחַ כַּ֝בִּיר אִמְרֵי־פִֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* until when? will.you.say these.\[things\] and.\[be\] a.wind mighty? \[will\].the.words your.mouth your

*JPS 1917:* How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind?

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