---
title: מָלַק — nip · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָלַק (4454), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: nip. BDB 1906: vb. nip, nip off. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4454.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-5.md)‎ / מָלַק‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# מָלַק

<!-- .meta -->
«מָלַק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **nip** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 4454 · **BDB:** מָלַק

### Glosses

he.will.nip.off (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

nip [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4454/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. nip, nip off [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4454/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** vb. nip, nip off (head of bird; without necessarily severing it from body, cf. Lv 5:8) (NH id., Aramaic מְלַק, ܡܠܰܓ );— Pf. consec. וּמָלַק אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ Lv 1:15, i.e. head of dove; cf. וּמָלֵק אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ מִמּוּל עָרְפּוֹ וְלֹא יַבְדִּיל Lv 5:8. Cf. Di-Ry 𝔊 ἀποκνίζω.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 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 «מָלַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4454/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Leviticus 1:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.1.15/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
וְהִקְרִיב֤וֹ הַכֹּהֵן֙ אֶל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וּמָלַק֙ אֶת־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ וְהִקְטִ֖יר הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה וְנִמְצָ֣ה דָמ֔וֹ עַ֖ל קִ֥יר הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* and he will.present.it the priest to the altar and he.will.nip.off (et) head its and he.will.make.\[it\].smoke to the altar and it.will.be.drained.out blood its on the.side of the.altar

*JPS 1917:* And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and pinch off its head, and make it smoke on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be drained out on the side of the altar.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Leviticus 5:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.5.8/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
וְהֵבִ֤יא אֹתָם֙ אֶל־הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְהִקְרִ֛יב אֶת־אֲשֶׁ֥ר לַחַטָּ֖את רִאשׁוֹנָ֑ה וּמָלַ֧ק אֶת־רֹאשׁ֛וֹ מִמּ֥וּל עָרְפּ֖וֹ וְלֹ֥א יַבְדִּֽיל׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.bring them to the priest and he.will.present (et) \[the.one\].which \[is\].for the.sin offering first and he.will.nip.off (et) head its from in.front.of neck its and not he.will.separate.\[it\]

*JPS 1917:* And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin-offering first, and pinch off its head close by its neck, but shall not divide it asunder.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [מֶלְצָר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4453.md)
- next →: [מַלְקוֹחַ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4455.md)
- ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-5.md)