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# מִלָּה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4405

**word** — used 38 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

word [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4405/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִלָּה²: n.f. word, speech, utterance [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4405/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. word, speech, utterance (poet., especially Jb; common in Aramaic);—מ׳ ψ 139:4 Jb 30:9; sf. מִלָּתִי Jb 13:17 + 3 times; מִלָּתוֹ 2 S 23:2; pl. מִלִּים Jb 6:26 + 9 times (all Jb); מִלִּין Jb 4:2 + 12 times (all Jb); pl. sf. מִלָּ֑י Jb 19:23 + 4 times; מִלֶּיךָ Jb 4:4 Pr 23:9; מִלֵּיהֶם ψ 19:5;—word בִּלְשׁוֹנִי in (on) my tongue ψ 139:4; word (of י׳), עַל־לְשׁוֹנִי on my tongue 2 S 23:2; שֵׂכֶל מ׳ Pr 23:9; fig. ψ 19:5 (‖ קַוָּם; but read קוֹלָם v. Che crit. n.); elsewhere only Jb (34 times); sg. speech, utterance Jb 13:17; 21:2; 24:25; 29:22; also word = by-word, וָאֱהִי לָהֶם לְמִלָּה Jb 30:9; pl. words, Jb 4:4; 6:26; 8:10: 12:11; 15:3 (‖ דָּבָר), 16:4; 19:2, 23; 32:11, 14; 33:1, 8 (קוֹל מ׳), 34:2, 3, 16 (קוֹל מ׳), 36:2, 4; words of God Jb 23:5; words = speech, speaking, וַעְצֹר בְּמִלִּין מִי יוּכָ֑ל Jb 4:2, cf. 29:9; utter words, וְהֹצֵאתָ מִפִּיךָ מִלִּין 15:13; הִגַּדְתָּ מ׳ 26:4; lay snares for words תְּשִׂימוּן קִנְצֵי לְמִלִּין Jb 18:2, cf. Jb 32:15 הֶעְתִּיקוּ מֵהֶם מִלִּים; מָלֵתִי מִלִּים Jb 32:18 I am full of words, cf. אִם־יֵשׁ־מִלִּין הֲשִׁיבֵנִי 33:32; אֲשִׁיבְךָ מִלִּין Jb 35:4; בִּבְלִי־דַ֫עַת מִלִּין יַכְבִּר 35:16, cf. 38:2.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 37 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: words (27); speech (5); \[the\] words (1).

## In the verses

[Job 32:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.15/#tree)

חַ֭תּוּ לֹא־עָ֣נוּ ע֑וֹד הֶעְתִּ֖יקוּ מֵהֶ֣ם מִלִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* they.are.dismayed not they.have.answered again they.have.moved from them words

*JPS 1917:* They are amazed, they answer no more; words are departed from them.

[Job 32:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.32.18/#tree)

כִּ֭י מָלֵ֣תִי מִלִּ֑ים הֱ֝צִיקַ֗תְנִי ר֣וּחַ בִּטְנִֽי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) I.am.full words it has.constrained.me the.spirit my.belly my

*JPS 1917:* For I am full of words; the spirit within me constraineth me.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4405.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4405/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).