Genesis 21:7
| 718 | Strong’s #4448, מָלַל malal. There is some connection with the verb for circumcise, cut off, מוּל mul. It appears to have two definitions to utter, speak, and to scrape, cut off. “Some consider the notion of cutting as primary, and this they consider to be applied to speaking…but I leave this undetermined.” – Gesenius’ Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon. From its use in Proverbs 6:13 it seems to imply “uttering” in the sense of gesturing or signaling, “He winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his fingers” Because enigma is all about the play on words, it is possible that Proverbs 6:13 should read like this, in the good ‘ol fashioned literal, “Pinching in his eyes, cutting-off [malal] in his feet, causing to shoot in his fingers.” Provebs 6:13 literal The wicked worthless “walker” suddenly goes from deceptive to violent. |