Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #4426 - מְלִיצָה melitsah

Original Word:	מְלִיצָה
Transliteration:	melitsah
Phonetic Spelling:	(mel-ee-tsaw')
Definition:	satire, a mocking poem
Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

interpretation, taunting

From luwts; an aphorism; also a satire -- interpretation, taunting.

see HEBREW luwts

Englishman's Concordance

1) satire, mocking poem, mocking song, taunting, figure, enigma
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H3887
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1113b

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מְלִיצָהnoun [feminine]satire, mocking-poemHabakkuk 2:6, also Proverbs 1:6 (al. here figure, enigma).

לישׁ (√ of following, Thes לושׁ; perhaps=be strong (Thes) compare Arabic , , strength; (medial י) III. see be strong, etc., apparently denominative=be lion-like).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4426. מְלִיצָה (melitsah) — 2 Occurrences

Proverbs 1:6
HEB:לְהָבִ֣ין מָ֭שָׁל וּמְלִיצָ֑ה דִּבְרֵ֥י חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים
NAS: a proverb and a figure, The words
KJV: a proverb, and the interpretation; the words
INT: to understand A proverb figure the words of the wise

Habakkuk 2:6
HEB:מָשָׁ֣ל יִשָּׂ֔אוּ וּמְלִיצָ֖ה חִיד֣וֹת ל֑וֹ
NAS: against him, Even mockery [and] insinuations
KJV: a parable against him, and a taunting proverb
INT: A taunt-song take mockery insinuations and say

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