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mᵊlīṣā מְלִיצָה ‘mockery’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from līṣ לִיץ ‘to mock’
Roots: לוץ

mᵊlīṣā n, f
1) satire, mocking poem, mocking song, taunting, figure, enigma

Mentioned in Habakkuk 2:6 Proverbs 1:6

2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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