Definition

to speak

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H4448 (מָלַל);

Word family

• מָלַל mâlal

How the KJV renders it

• say
• speak(-ing)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.