H4454 מָלַק (mâlaq) maw-lak'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to nip

Strong's Definition

to crack a joint; by implication, to wring the neck of afowl (without separating it)

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: wring off.

TWOT Reference: 1207

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) (Qal) to nip, nip off (head of a bird)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מָלַק (ma.laq) — to nip. (Qal) to nip, nip off (head of a bird)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מלק (H4454)

verb

Detach | verb qal

to pinch off = causative action by which humans remove the head of a bird by cutting through the windpipe with one's fingernail and then tearing it off (fully or partially)

LEV 1:15 · LEV 5:8

¹ See Milgrom ABD

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מָלַק vb. nip, nip off (head of bird; without necessarily severing it fr. body) base

Bible Occurrences (2)

1:15 5:8

Leviticus 1:15

Then the priest shall bring it to the altar, twist off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood should be drained out on the side of the altar.

Leviticus 5:8

He is to bring them to the priest, who shall first present the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its head at the front of its neck without severing it;