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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4426 - מְלִיצָה

Transliteration

mᵉlîytsâh

Phonetics

mel-ee-tsaw'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H3887)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TWOT

1113b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) satire, mocking poem, mocking song, taunting, figure, enigma

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3056 ‑ λόγος (log'‑os); 4652 ‑ σκοτεινός (skot‑i‑nos');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Proverbs 1

Habakkuk 1

NAS (2)

Proverbs 1

Habakkuk 1

HCS (2)

Proverbs 1

Habakkuk 1

BSB (2)

Proverbs 1

Habakkuk 1

ESV (2)

Proverbs 1

Habakkuk 1

WEB (2)

Proverbs 1

Habakkuk 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1271) y l (לתס LTs) AC: Scorn CO: ? AB: Interpret: The pictograph l represents authority and the tongue as the authority, the y is a picture of a man on his side representing trouble. Combined these mean "tongue of trouble". The sound of one speaking a foreign language or the mocking of anothers speech.

A) y l (לתס LTs) AC: Scorn CO: ? AB: ?

j^m ) n f y l (לתסונ LTsWN) - Scorn: KJV (3): scornful, scorning - Strongs: H3944 (לָצוֹן)

B) y y l (לתסתס LTsTs) AC: Scorn CO: ? AB: ?

V) y y l (לתסתס LTsTs) - Scorn: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) scorner - Strongs: H3945 (לָצַץ)

C) y l a (אלתס ALTs) AC: Urge CO: ? AB: ?

V) y l a (אלתס ALTs) - Urge: KJV (1): (vf: Piel) urge - Strongs: H509 (אָלַץ)

J) y f l (לותס LWTs) AC: Scorn CO: ? AB: ?

V) y f l (לותס LWTs) - I. Scorn: II. Interpret:KJV (27): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Participle) scorner, scorn, interpreter, mocker, ambassador, derision, mocker, scornful, teacher - Strongs: H3887 (לִיץ)

M) y i l (ליתס LYTs) AC: Interpret CO: ? AB: ?

k^f1 ) e y i l m (מליתסה MLYTsH) - I. Interpretation: II. Mocking:KJV (2): interpretation, taunting - Strongs: H4426 (מְלִיצָה)

Adopted Roots:

A2708 X l q (Ridicule)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מְלִיצָה noun [feminine] satire, mocking-poem Habakkuk 2:6, also Proverbs 1:6 (al. here figure, enigma).

לישׁ (√ of following, Thes לושׁ; perhaps = be strong (Thes) compare Arabic , , strength; (medial י) III. see be strong, etc., apparently denominative = be lion-like).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מְלִיצָה f. (from the root לוּץ).

(1) a mocking song, Habakkuk 2:6, see the root Kal No. 2.

(2) prop. an interpretation; hence what needs an interpretation, an enigma, an obscure saying, Proverbs 1:6.

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List of Word Forms

וּמְלִיצָ֑ה וּמְלִיצָ֖ה ומליצה ū·mə·lî·ṣāh ūməlîṣāh umeliTzah