STRONGS NUMBER H4448


Word Summary
malal: to speak, utter, say
Original Word: מָלַל
Transliteration: malal
Phonetic Spelling: (maw-lal')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to speak, utter, say
Meaning: to speak, utter, say
Strong's Concordance
say, speak, utter

A primitive root; to speak (mostly poetical) or say -- say, speak, utter.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4448. malal

I. [מָלַל‎] verb Pi`el speak, utter, say (Late Hebrew Pi`el id.; Aramaic (and many derivatives ), מַלֵּל‎; perhaps compare Arabic IV. dictate (a letter, etc.), () IV id.ZMG xi. 1886, 725); —

Pi`el Perfect מִלֵּלGenesis 21:7; compare 1singular מַלּוֺתִי‎ (Ew§274 b. N) as

proper name below; מִלֵּ֑לוּJob 33:3; Imperfect יְמַלֵּלPsalm 106:2; תְּמַלֶּלֿJob 8:2; — say, followed by direct quotation + לְ‎ of indirect object Genesis 21:7; utter, object דַּ֫עַתJob 33:3; compare 8:2; object י ׳גְּבוּרוֺתPsalm 106:2.

II. [מָלַל‎] verb rub, scrape (Late Hebrew id., rub ears of wheat, scrape); — only

Qal Participle מוֺלֵל‎ in בְּאֶצְבְּעֹתָיו מֹרֶה בְּרַגְלָ֑ו֯ מוֺלֵל בְּעֵינָו֯ קֹרֵץProverbs 6:13 he that winketh with his eyes, that scrapeth with his feet (making signs), etc., so De Now Str < Ew Wild from I. מללthat speaketh with his feet.