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title: מָלַל — languish · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָלַל (lemma:מָלַל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: languish. BDB 1906: vb. languish, wither, fade Poʿl;. 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: **languish** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** lemma:מָלַל · **BDB:** מָלַל³

### Glosses

\[he.is\].scraping (1); circumcise (1); he.withered (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

languish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5dc_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. languish, wither, fade Poʿl;. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5dc_5b7_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. languish, wither, fade (apparently secondary √ of אמל q.v.);— Impf. 3 ms. יִמַּל Jb 18:16; וַיִּמָּ֑ל Jb 14:2; 3 mpl. יִמָּ֑לוּ Jb 24:24 ψ 37:2 (so Hup De and most; \> Niph. from IV. מלל Thes);—hang down, wither, fig. of man Jb 14:2 (כְּצִיץ); of wicked מִתַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁיו יִבָ֑שׁוּ וּמִ֫מַּעַל יִמַּל קְצִירוֹ 18:16; כְּרֹאשׁ שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת יִמָּ֑לוּ 24:24 (‖ יִקָּפְצוּן, הֻמְּכוּ); כֶּחָצִיר מְהֵרָה יִמָּ֑לוּ ψ 37:2 (‖ יִבּוֹלוּן). Poʿl;. Impf. יְמוֹלֵל ψ 90:6 it withereth (of grass; + וְיָבֵשׁ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5dc_5b7_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 18:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.16/)

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מִ֭תַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יִבָ֑שׁוּ וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַל יִמַּ֥ל קְצִירֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* (from) beneath roots his they.are.dried.up and (from) above it.withers branch\[es\] his

*JPS 1917:* His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither.

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[Psalms 58:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.58.8/)

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יִמָּאֲס֣וּ כְמוֹ־מַ֭יִם יִתְהַלְּכוּ־לָ֑מוֹ יִדְרֹ֥ךְ חִ֝צָּ֗יו כְּמ֣וֹ יִתְמֹלָֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* may.they.flow like waters \[which\].they.go.about (for themselves may.he.bend arrows his like let.them.be.cut.off

*JPS 1917:* Let them melt away as water that runneth apace; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

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