מְלִילָה
melila · head of grain
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4425 · appears 1 time in the Bible
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melila (מְלִילָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “head of grain”.
A plucked head of grain.
How to say it
me·li·la
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The grain-bearing head of the wheat stalk.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Related words
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Deuteronomy 23:25
When you go into the standing grain of your neighbor, you may pluck ears with your hand, but a sickle you shall not swing over the standing grain of your neighbor.