מָלַל
Used: 7 times · Key: lemma:מָלַל · BDB: מָלַל³
Glosses
[he.is].scraping (1); circumcise (1); he.withered (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
languish tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. languish, wither, fade Poʿl;. tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. languish, wither, fade (apparently secondary √ of אמל q.v.);— Impf. 3 ms. יִמַּל Jb 18:16; וַיִּמָּ֑ל Jb 14:2; 3 mpl. יִמָּ֑לוּ Jb 24:24 ψ 37:2 (so Hup De and most; > Niph. from IV. מלל Thes);—hang down, wither, fig. of man Jb 14:2 (כְּצִיץ); of wicked מִתַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁיו יִבָ֑שׁוּ וּמִ֫מַּעַל יִמַּל קְצִירוֹ 18:16; כְּרֹאשׁ שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת יִמָּ֑לוּ 24:24 (‖ יִקָּפְצוּן, הֻמְּכוּ); כֶּחָצִיר מְהֵרָה יִמָּ֑לוּ ψ 37:2 (‖ יִבּוֹלוּן). Poʿl;. Impf. יְמוֹלֵל ψ 90:6 it withereth (of grass; + וְיָבֵשׁ).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «מָלַל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
מִ֭תַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יִבָ֑שׁוּ וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַל יִמַּ֥ל קְצִירֽוֹ׃
Word for word: (from) beneath roots his they.are.dried.up and (from) above it.withers branch[es] his
JPS 1917: His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither.
יִמָּאֲס֣וּ כְמוֹ־מַ֭יִם יִתְהַלְּכוּ־לָ֑מוֹ יִדְרֹ֥ךְ חִ֝צָּ֗יו כְּמ֣וֹ יִתְמֹלָֽלוּ׃
Word for word: may.they.flow like waters [which].they.go.about (for themselves may.he.bend arrows his like let.them.be.cut.off
JPS 1917: Let them melt away as water that runneth apace; when he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.
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