to speak
me.lal refers to speaking, especially the horn's utterance of great words in Daniel's vision.
The attested use chiefly concerns the visionary horn speaking, repeatedly in connection with “great words”; one occurrence also presents a completed statement before a king.
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Speaking great words · dominant
The active participles describe a mouth speaking in the horn vision: in Daniel 7:8 the APB renders “a mouth speaking great things,” and Daniel 7:20 similarly has “a mouth speaking great things.” In Daniel 7:11 the horn is speaking “great words,” while Daniel 7:25 uses an imperfect form for what he “will speak” against the Most High.
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Making a statement before the king · rare
In Daniel 6:22, the Piel perfect occurs in a direct statement addressed to the king; the APB renders the clause “I have done no harm.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the visionary uses with “speaking” and “will speak,” including “great things” or “great words,” and presents Daniel 6:22 as “I have done no harm.” These renderings confirm the clauses rather than fix a separate English equivalent for every form.