H4426 Hebrew

מְלִיצָה

mᵉlîytsâh (mel-ee-tsaw')
an aphorism; also a satire

KJV Translations of H4426

interpretation, taunting.

Word Origin & Derivation

from H3887 (לוּץ);

H3887 לוּץ (lûwts)

properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede

H4426 in the King James Bible

2 verses
Habakkuk 2:6 וּמְלִיצָ֖ה

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

Proverbs 1:6 וּמְלִיצָ֑ה

To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.