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title: מלל — languish · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מלל (lemma:מלל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: languish. BDB 1906: vb. languish, wither, fade Poʿl;. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מלל

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«מלל» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:מלל · **BDB:** מָלַל³

### Glosses

it.withers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

languish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5dc_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_5dc_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: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מלל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5dc_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 90:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.90.6/)

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בַּ֭בֹּקֶר יָצִ֣יץ וְחָלָ֑ף לָ֝עֶ֗רֶב יְמוֹלֵ֥ל וְיָבֵֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* in the morning it.flourishes and it.sprouts.up to the evening it.withers and it.dries.up

*JPS 1917:* In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.

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