Lexical Definition

‎מַלְקוֹחַ‎ malqôwach (mal-ko'-akh) prey ^H:N-M
from ‎לָקַח‎

booty, jaws, prey.

• transitively (in dual) the jaws (as taking food)
• intransitively, spoil (and captives) (as taken)

1) booty, prey
2) jaw

See Greek: λάρυγξ · σκῦλον

Extended Information

• jaw

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎מַלְקוֺחַ‎ noun masculine^{Isa 49:25} booty, prey (compare ‎לָקַח‎ 9); — ‎׳‎‎הֲיֻקַּח מִגִּבּוֺר מ‎ Isa 49:24 (|| ‎שְׁבִי‎), compare vIsa 49:25 (|| id.); Num 31:26 (|| id.), Num 31:11 (|| ‎שָׁלָל‎), vNum 31:12 (|| id. + ‎שְׁבִי‎, i.e. here, only, distinguished from captives), vNum 31:32 (|| ‎יֶתֶר‎ ‎הַבָּ֔ז‎), vNum 31:27.

II. [‎מַלְקוֺחַ‎] noun [masculine] jaw (as taking, seizing food); — dual suffix ‎וּלְשׁוֺנִי מֻדְבָּק מַלְקוֺחָ֑י‎ Ps 22:16* and my tongue is made to cleave to my jaws, i.e. my gums.

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