Strong's Definition
from 3887; an aphorism; also a satire
KJV Usage: interpretation, taunting
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מְלִיצָה (me.li.tsah) — mockery. satire, mocking poem, mocking song, taunting, figure, enigma
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · ליץ
Revile | ≈ חִידָה · מָשָׁל
mocking, scoffing, ridicule = words that express insolence and contempt for someone else
Complicated | ≈ חִידָה · מָשָׁל
enigma, obscure saying meaning unsure; possibly: = words that are difficult to understand and need interpretation
1 PRO 1:6 RSV "figure" NIV REB "parables" NJPS "epigram" NJB "obscure sayings" CEV "sayings" ESV "saying"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מְלִיצָה n.[f.] satire, mocking-poem base