mil.lah denotes spoken utterance, from individual words to an address that is heard, answered, weighed, or written down.

The term consistently denotes spoken utterance, whether individual words, an extended address, or what a speaker says. The verses show such utterance being heard and tested, directed toward another, used to afflict or instruct, and in one case desired in written form.

1. Spoken words or an address · dominant

   Across the cited verses, the noun names what is spoken and received in conversation or proclamation: in Job 13:17 the APB renders a hearer being asked to receive the speaker’s declaration, while in Job 23:5 it renders words by which an answer would be given. It can also be evaluated or have an effect: Job 12:11 compares the ear’s testing of words with the palate’s tasting of food, and Job 19:2 renders words that crush the speaker. In Job 19:23, the plural construct form names the speaker’s words as the material he wishes to have written in a scroll.

   Job 12:11Job 13:17Job 19:2Job 19:23Job 23:52 Samuel 23:2

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the surrounding clauses with “words,” “speech,” “speeches,” and “declaration.” Because it is a whole-verse translation, those variations show the verse contexts rather than fixed separate renderings of the term.