H5243A

מָלַל

ma.lalH:V

to languish

1) to languish, wither, fade 1a) (Qal) to hang down, wither

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

III. [מָלַל] verb languish, wither, fade (apparently secondary √ of אמל q. v. ); —

Qal Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִמַּל Job 18:16 וַיִּמָּ֑ל Job 14:2 3 masculine plural יִמָּ֑לוּ Job 24:24; Ps 37:2 (so Hup De and most; > Niph`al from IV. מלל Thes); — hang down, wither, figurative of man Job 14:2 (כְּצִיץ); of wicked יִבָ֑שׁוּ וּמִמַּ֫עַל יִמַּל קְצִירוֺ מִתַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁיו Job 18:16 כְּראֹשׁ שִׁבֹּ֫לֶת יִמָּ֑לוּ Job 24:24 (|| יִקָּפְצוּן, הֻמְּכוּ); כֶּחָצִיר מְהֵרָה יִמָּ֑לוּ Ps 37:2 (|| יִבּוֺלוּן). Po'l. Imperfect יְמוֺלֵל Ps 90:6 it withereth (of grass; + וְיָבֵשׁ).



IV. [מָלַל] verb circumcise ( = מוּל); — to this are sometimes assigned: Qal Imperative מֹל Josh 5:2. Niph`al Perfect נְמַלְתֶּם Gen 17:11. Hithpo`el be cut off: Imperfect יִתְמֹלָ֑לוּ Ps 58:8. see מוּל.


[מַלְמָד, מַלְמֵד] see למד.


3 occurrences

Job (2), Psalms (1)