מְלִיצָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4426

satire — used 2 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

satire tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְלִיצָה: satire, mocking-poem tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[f.] satire, mocking-poem Hb 2:6, also Pr 1:6 (al. here figure, enigma).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a mocking song (1); a parable (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 1:6 · tree →

לְהָבִ֣ין מָ֭שָׁל וּמְלִיצָ֑ה דִּבְרֵ֥י חֲ֝כָמִ֗ים וְחִידֹתָֽם׃

Word for word: to understand a.proverb and a.parable [the].words of.learned.ones and parables their

JPS 1917: To understand a proverb, and a figure; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Habakkuk 2:6 · tree →

הֲלוֹא־אֵ֣לֶּה כֻלָּ֗ם עָלָיו֙ מָשָׁ֣ל יִשָּׂ֔אוּ וּמְלִיצָ֖ה חִיד֣וֹת ל֑וֹ וְיֹאמַ֗ר ה֚וֹי הַמַּרְבֶּ֣ה לֹּא־ל֔וֹ עַד־מָתַ֕י וּמַכְבִּ֥יד עָלָ֖יו עַבְטִֽיט׃

Word for word: ? not these.[nations] of.them all on him a.saying will.they.lift.up and a.mocking.song riddles to him and will.someone.say? woe.to! the.[one who].increases [that.which].not [belongs].to him until when? and [one.who].makes.heavy on himself pledge[s]

JPS 1917: Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say: 'Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and that ladeth himself with many pledges!'

On Mova

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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).

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