Lexical Definition

‎מָלַק‎ mâlaq (maw-lak') to nip ^H:V
a primitive root

wring off.

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

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָלַק‎ verb nip, nip off (head of bird; without necessarily severing it from body, compare Lev 5:8) (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ‎מְלַק‎,); —

Qal Perfect consecutive ‎וּמָלַק אֶתרֿאֹשׁוֺ‎ Lev 1:15, i.e. head of dove; compare ‎וּמָלַק אֶתרֿאֹשׁוֺ מִמּוּל עָרְפּוֺ וְלֹא יַבְדִּיל‎ Lev 5:8. compare Di-Ry. ᵐ5 ἀποκνίζω.

I, II. ‎מַלְקוֺחַ‎, ‎מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם‎, ‎מַלְקָחַ֫יִם‎ see ‎לקח‎. ‎מַלְקוֺשׁ‎ see ‎לקשׁ‎. ‎מֶלְתָּחָה‎ see ‎לתח‎. [‎מַלְתָּעוֺת‎] see ‎מְתַלְּעוֺת‎ below ‎תלע‎. ‎מַמְּגֻרוֺת‎ see I. ‎גור‎ [‎מֵמַד‎] see ‎מדד‎.

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