Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to speak (mostly poetical) or say
KJV Usage: say, speak, utter
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מָלַל (ma.lal) — to speak. 1) to speak, utter, say 1a) (Qal) to speak 1b) (Piel) to say, utter Aramaic equivalent: me.lal (מְלַל "to speak" H4449)
מָלַל (ma.lal) — to rub. rub, scrape
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִלָּה · מְלִילָה
Dry | verb nif, verb qal, verb pi | ≈ יבשׁ
to wither, to fade = process by which plants and their products become devoid of moisture, and therefore lose color and bend over ◄ as if in mourning, ► which may ultimately result in death if circumstances do not change; ≈ associated with drought and destruction, often as punishment from God
verb
Stance | verb qal
to make signs, to signal = action by which humans move parts of their bodies in order to pass on information without other people noticing
verb
Non-Whole | verb qal, verb nif
to circumcise, circumcision = action by which someone removes the foreskin of the penis, + preferably with a flint knife, as a sign of the covenant between YHWH and Abraham's descendants; ≈ considered an outward change for the good that should be accompanied by an inward change in attitude as well
1 JOB 24:24 NJPS "wither" | RSV NIV NRSV GNT ESV "be cut off" = [3a] | REB "droop" 2 PSA 58:8 RSV NJB NRSV "wither" | NIV ESV "be blunted" NJPS "be cut down" = [3a]
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[מָלַל] vb. Pi. speak, utter, say base
[מָלַל] vb. rub, scrape;—only Qal Pt. in Pr 6:13 ref