Lexical Definition

‎מִלָּה‎ millâh (mil-law') speech ^H:N-F
from ‎מָלַל‎ (plural masculine as if from מִלֶּה milleh (mil-leh')

[phrase] answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.

• a word
• collectively, a discourse
• figuratively, a topic

1) word, speech, utterance

See Greek: ἀπόκρισις · δόλος · λόγος · πρᾶγμα · ῥῆμα

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: mil.lah (‎מ‎ִ‎ל‎ָּ‎ה‎ "word" מִלָּה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִלָּה‎ noun feminine word, speech, utterance (in poetry, especially Job; common in Aramaic); — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Ps 139:4; Job 30:9 suffix ‎מִלָּתִי‎ Job 13:17 + 3 t.; ‎מִלָּתוֺ‎ 2Sam 23:2 plural ‎מִלִּים‎ Job 6:26 + 9 t. (all Job); ‎מִלִּין‎ Job 4:2 + 12 t. (all Job); plural suffix ‎מִלָּ֑י‎ Job 19:23 + 4 t.; ‎מִלֶּיךָ‎ Job 4:4; Prov 23:9 ‎מִלֵּיהֶם‎ Ps 19:5* — word ‎בִּלְשׁוֺנִי‎ in (on) my tongue Ps 139:4 word (of ‎׳‎‎י‎), ‎עַללְֿשׁוֺנִי‎ on my tongue 2Sam 23:2 ‎׳‎‎שֵׂכֶל מ‎ Prov 23:9 figurative Ps 19:5* (|| ‎קַוָּם‎; but read ‎קוֺלָם‎ see Che critical note); elsewhere only Job (34 t.); singular speech, utterance Job 13:17; Job 21:2; Job 24:25; Job 29:22 also word = by-word, ‎וָאֱהִי לָהֶם לְמִלָּה‎ Job 30:9 plural words, Job 4:4; Job 6:26; Job 8:10; Job 12:11; Job 15:3 (|| ‎דָּבָר‎), Job 16:4; Job 19:2; Job 19:23; Job 32:11; Job 32:14; Job 33:1; Job 33:8 (‎׳‎‎קוֺל מ‎), Job 34:2; Job 34:3; Job 34:16 (‎׳‎‎קוֺל מ‎), Job 36:2; Job 36:4 words of God Job 23:5 words = speech, speaking, ‎וַעְצֹּר בְּמִלִּין מִי יוּכָ֑ל‎ Job 4:2, compare Job 29:9 utter words, ‎וְהֹצֵאתָ מִפִּיךָ מִלִּין‎ Job 15:13 ‎׳‎‎הִגַּדְתָּ מ‎ Job 26:4 laysnares for words ‎תְּשִׂימוּן קִנְצֵי לְמִלִּין‎ Job 18:2, compare Job 32:15 ‎הֶעְתִּיקוּ מֵהֶם מִלִּים‎; ‎מָלֵתִי מִלִּים‎ Job 32:18 I am full of words, compare ‎אִםיֵֿשׁמִֿלִּין הֲשִׁיבֵנִי‎ Job 33:32 ‎אֲשִׁיבְךָ מִלִּין‎ Job 35:4 ‎בִּבְלִידַֿ֫עַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּר‎ Job 35:16, compare Job 38:2.

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