Hebrew semantic word

מלל

5 lexical sense(s); 10 exact STEP occurrence token(s).

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Lexical senses and semantic domains

Sense 1: to wither, to fade

= process by which plants and their products become devoid of moisture, and therefore lose color and bend over ◄ as if in mourning, ► which may ultimately result in death if circumstances do not change; ≈ associated with drought and destruction, often as punishment from God

Semantic domains for this sense

Dry Same Semantic Domain

Advanced source details

Sense ID: SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004046-01
Source: ubs_hebrew_dictionary
Licence: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references: 3 (3 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
Source-exact record: View JSON

Sense 2: to wither, to fade

literally: to wither; hence: = process by which humans gradually lose their power and social status

Semantic domains for this sense

Insignificant Same Semantic Domain

Advanced source details

Sense ID: SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004046-02
Source: ubs_hebrew_dictionary
Licence: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references: 3 (3 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
Source-exact record: View JSON

Sense 3: to make signs, to signal

= action by which humans move parts of their bodies in order to pass on information without other people noticing

Semantic domains for this sense

Stance Same Semantic Domain

Advanced source details

Sense ID: SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004046-03
Source: ubs_hebrew_dictionary
Licence: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references: 1 (1 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
Source-exact record: View JSON

Sense 4: to speak, to say

= action by which humans, and personified objects utter words; usually not directly followed by the actual words that are spoken

Semantic domains for this sense

Speak Same Semantic Domain

Advanced source details

Sense ID: SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004046-04
Source: ubs_hebrew_dictionary
Licence: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references: 9 (9 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
Source-exact record: View JSON

Sense 5: to circumcise, circumcision

= action by which someone removes the foreskin of the penis, + preferably with a flint knife, as a sign of the covenant between YHWH and Abraham's descendants; ≈ considered an outward change for the good that should be accompanied by an inward change in attitude as well

Semantic domains for this sense

Non-Whole Same Semantic Domain

Advanced source details

Sense ID: SDBC-HEB-SENSE-004046-05
Source: ubs_hebrew_dictionary
Licence: CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references: 2 (2 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
Source-exact record: View JSON

Study tools

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Related words and biblical concepts

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Advanced record identity

Lemma ID: SDBC-HEB-LEMMA-004046
Page model version: 1.0
Direction: rtl
Domain policy: Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union