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title: מָלַץ — be smooth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָלַץ (4452), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be smooth. BDB 1906: vb. be smooth, slippery. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָלַץ

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«מָלַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be smooth** — 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:** 4452 · **BDB:** מָלַץ

### Glosses

they.are.smooth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be smooth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4452/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be smooth, slippery [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4452/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. prob. be smooth, slippery (Arabic مَلِصَ slip);— Pf. מַה־נִּמְלְצוּ לְחִכִּי אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ ψ 119:103 how smooth (agreeable, pleasant) are thy words to my palate (‖ מִדְּבַשׁ לְפִי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָלַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4452/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:103](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.103/)

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מַה־נִּמְלְצ֣וּ לְ֭חִכִּי אִמְרָתֶ֗ךָ מִדְּבַ֥שׁ לְפִֽי׃

*Word for word:* how! they.are.smooth to palate my word your more than.honey to mouth my

*JPS 1917:* How sweet are Thy words unto my palate! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

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