• [ מְלִילָה S 4425 TWOT 1202a GK 4884 ] n.f. ear of wheat, etc. ( perhaps as rubbed or scraped , cf. NH הַמֹּולֵל מְלִילֹות ) ;—only pl. abs. מְלִילֹות Dt 23:26
( cf. D i).

מָלַל S 4448, 5243 TWOT 1161, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204 GK 4908, 4909, 4910, 4911 ] vb. languish, wither, fade ( apparently secondary √ of אמל q.v. ) ;— Qal Impf. 3 ms. יִמַּל Jb 18:1 6; וַיִּמָּ˜ל Jb 14: 2; 3 mpl. יִמָּ˜לוּ Jb 24:24 ψ 37:2 (so Hup De and most; > Niph. from IV. מלל The s);— hang down, wither , fig. of man Jb 14:2 ( כְּצִיץ ); of wicked יִבָ˜שׁוּ וּמִ˜מַּעַל יִמַּל קְצִירֹו מִתַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁיו 18:1 6; כְּרֹאשׁ שִׁבֹּ˜לֶת יִמָּ˜לוּ 24:24 ( || יִקָּפְצוּן , הֻמְּכוּ ); כֶּחָצִיר מְהֵרָה יִמָּ˜לוּ ψ 37:2 ( || יִבֹּולוּן ). Po˓l;. Impf. יְמֹולֵל ψ 90:6 it withereth (of grass; + וְיָבֵשׁ ).

מָלַל S 4448, 5243 TWOT 1161, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204 GK 4908, 4909, 4910, 4911 ] vb. circumcise ( = מוּל ) ;—to this are sometimes assigned: Qal Imv. מֹל Jos 5: 2. Niph. Pf. נְמַלְתֶּם Gn 17:1 1. Hithpo. be cut off: Impf. יִתְמֹלָ˜לוּ ψ 58:8 . Vid. מוּל .

[ מַלְמָד S 4451 TWOT 1116b GK 4913 , מַלְמֵד ^{] v.} למד ^.

^•[מָלַץ S 4452 TWOT 1205 GK 4914 ] vb. prob. be smooth, slippery ⁽Arabic مَلِصَ ( maliṣa ) slip ) ;— Niph. Pf. אִמְרָתֶ˜ךָ מַה־נִּמְלְצוּ לְחִכִּי ψ 119:103 how smooth (agreeable, pleasant) are thy words to my palate ( || מִדְּבַשׁ לְפִי ).

• מֶלְצָר S 4453 TWOT 1206 GK 4915 n.m. a Bab. title; dubious; perhaps guardian ? ( Schr ^COT Dn 1:11 Dl Baer Dn xi conj. loan-word from Assyrian maṣ(ṣ)aru , keeper, guardian , cf. Dl ^{HWB 423}; hardly connected with (mod.) Pers. mulsaru

Hup H. Hupfeld. Vid. vide , see. conj. conjecture(s); also conjection.

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