Lexical Definition

‎מָלַל‎ mâlal (maw-lal') to speak ^H:V
a primitive root

say, speak, utter.

• to speak (mostly poetical) or say

1) to speak, utter, say
1a) (Qal) to speak
1b) (Piel) to say, utter

See Greek: ἀναγγέλλω · ἀποπίπτω · ἐκπίπτω · ἐπιπίπτω · λαλέω · σημαίνω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: me.lal (‎מ‎ְ‎ל‎ַ‎ל‎ "to speak" מְלַל)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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. Nö^{ZMG xi. 1886, 725}); —

Pi`el Perfect ‎מִלֵּל‎ Gen 21:7 compare 1 singular ‎מַלּוֺתִי‎ (Ew^{§274 b. N}) as proper name below; ‎מִלֵּ֑לוּ‎ Job 33:3 Imperfect ‎יְמַלֵּל‎ Ps 106:2 ‎תְּמַלֶּלֿ‎ Job 8:2 — say, followed by direct quotation + ‎לְ‎ of indirect object Gen 21:7 utter, object ‎דַּ֫עַת‎ Job 33:3 compare Job 8:2 object ‎׳‎‎גְּבוּרוֺת י‎ Ps 106:2.

II. [‎מָלַל‎] verb rub, scrape (Late Hebrew id., rub ears of wheat, scrape); — only Qal Participle ‎מוֺלֵל‎ in ‎קֹרֵץ בְּעֵינָו֯ מוֺלֵל בְּרַגְלָ֑ו֯ מֹרֶה בְּאֶצְבְּעֹתָיו‎ Prov 6:13 he that winketh with his eyes, that scrapeth with his feet (making signs), etc., so De Now Str < Ew Wild from I. ‎מלל‎ that speaketh with his feet.

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