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title: מִלֲלַי — Milalai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִלֲלַי (4450), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Milalai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִלֲלַי

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«מִלֲלַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Milalai** — 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:** 4450 · **BDB:** מִֽלֲלִי

### Glosses

Milalai (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Milalai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4450/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4450/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a priest’s son, Ne 12:36.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִלֲלַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4450/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 12:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.36/)

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וְֽאֶחָ֡יו שְֽׁמַעְיָ֡ה וַעֲזַרְאֵ֡ל מִֽלֲלַ֡י גִּֽלֲלַ֡י מָעַ֞י נְתַנְאֵ֤ל וִֽיהוּדָה֙ חֲנָ֔נִי בִּכְלֵי־שִׁ֥יר דָּוִ֖יד אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְעֶזְרָ֥א הַסּוֹפֵ֖ר לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and brothers his Shemaiah and Azarel Milalai Gilalai Maai Nethanel and Judah Hanani with the.instruments of.(the).song of.David the.man of.(the) God and Ezra the scribe \[was\] before them

*JPS 1917:* and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God; and Ezra the scribe was before them;

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