מָלַל mâlal — to speak (mostly poetical) or say
Translated in the KJV as say, speak, utter.
a primitive root; to speak (mostly poetical) or say.
mâlal in each stem
Pi'el
Perfect (qatal) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 2
And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 1
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›