Lexical Summary melitsah: satire, a mocking poem Original Word: מְלִיצָהTransliteration: melitsah Phonetic Spelling: (mel-ee-tsaw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: satire, a mocking poem Meaning: satire, a mocking poem Strong's Concordance interpretation, taunting From luwts; an aphorism; also a satire -- interpretation, taunting. see HEBREW luwts Brown-Driver-Briggs H4426. melitsah מְלִיצָה noun [feminine] satire, mocking-poem Habakkuk 2:6, also Proverbs 1:6 (al. here figure, enigma). לישׁ (√ of following, Thes לושׁ; perhaps = be strong (Thes) compare Arabic , , strength; (medial י) III. see be strong, etc., apparently denominative = be lion-like). |
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