Lexicon melitsah: Enigma, riddle, satire, interpretation Original Word: מְלִיצָה Strong's Exhaustive Concordance interpretation, taunting From luwts; an aphorism; also a satire -- interpretation, taunting. see HEBREW luwts NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom lits Definition satire, a mocking poem NASB Translation figure (1), mockery (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs מְלִיצָה noun [feminine] satire, mocking-poem Habakkuk 2:6, also Proverbs 1:6 (al. here figure, enigma). לישׁ (√ of following, Thes לושׁ; perhaps = be strong (Thes) compare Arabic Forms and Transliterations וּמְלִיצָ֑ה וּמְלִיצָ֖ה ומליצה ū·mə·lî·ṣāh ūməlîṣāh umeliTzahLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance 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 2 Occurrences |
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(medial י) III. see be strong, etc., apparently denominative = be lion-like).