To speak
מָלַלStrong’s H4448malal (ma-lal)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Malal is the Hebrew word usually translated “has he said”, “say” and “speak”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.”
Meaning
- To speak, utter, say(Qal) to speak · (Piel) to say, utter
- Rub, scrape
How it's translated
- has he said 1
- will you say 1
- they speak 1
- will he tell 1
- scraping 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 2
- Genesis 1
- Psalms 1
- Proverbs 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Job 8:2How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
- Job 33:3My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
- Psalms 106:2Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
- Proverbs 6:13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
Hebrew dictionary
מָלַל malal · to speak
1) to speak, utter, say 1a) (Qal) to speak 1b) (Piel) to say, utter Aramaic equivalent: me.lal (מְלַל "to speak" H4449)
מָלַל malal · to rub
rub, scrape
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “speak” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SPEAK, verb intransitive
preterit tense spoke, [spake, nearly, obsolete ] participle passive spoke, spoken. It is easy to see that the root of this word is allied to that of beak peak, pick.]
- To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts bywords.
- To utter a speech, discourse or harangue; to utter thoughts in a public assembly.
- To talk; to express opinions; to dispute.
- To discourse; to make mention of.
All definitions and other forms of “speak”
- To give sound.
SPEAK, verb transitive
- To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately; as human beings. Job 2:10Matthew 8:8
- To declare; to proclaim; to celebrate.
- To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation.
- To address; to accost.
- To exhibit; to make known.
- To express silently or by signs.
- To communicate; as, to speak peace to the soul.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.