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Strong's #4454 - מָלַק
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1) (Qal) to nip, nip off (head of a bird)
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2342) qlm (מלק MLQ) AC: Wring CO: ? AB: ?: The wringing of a birds neck to kill it by removing the head.
V) qlm (מלק MLQ) - Wring: To wring the neck. KJV (2): (vf: Paal) wring - Strongs: H4454 (מָלַק)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
); — Qal Perfect consecutive וּמָלַק אֶתרֿאֹשׁוֺ Leviticus 1:15, i.e. head of dove; compare וּמָלַק אֶתרֿאֹשׁוֺ מִמּוּל עָרְמּוֺ וְלֹא יַבְדִּיל Leviticus 5:8. compare Di-Ry. ᵐ5 ἀποκνίζω.
I, II. מַלְקוֺחַ, מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם, מַלְקָחַ֫יִם see לקח.
מַלְקוֺשׁ see לקשׁ. מֶלְתָּחָה see לתח.
[מַלְתָּעוֺת] see מְתַלְּעוֺת below תלע.
מַמְּגֻרוֺת see I. גור [מֵמַד] see מדד.
מָלַק to break, to crush (einknicken), Levit. 1:15 5:8. (Cognate is the root פָּרַק, whence this has arisen, the letter r being softened into l, p, and m interchanged. Syr. and Chald. מלג vellicavit.) LXX. ἀποκνίζω, to cut off with the nail (abkneipen), contrary to the express words of the Hebrew text, יַבְדִּיל וְלֹא Leviticus 5:8.
