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מַלְתָּעָה
mal.ta.ah
H4459
H:N-F Hebrew

tooth

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mal.ta.ah refers to teeth in Psalm 58:7, where the feminine plural construct form occurs in a hostile image.

The attested use is a feminine plural construct form referring to teeth within the hostile imagery of Psalm 58:7; the translation’s wording does not clearly isolate its contribution.

Senses in use

  1. Teeth in hostile imagery · dominant

    In Psalm 58:7, the form מַלְתְּע֥וֹת is a common feminine plural construct noun within a verse portraying hostile figures and their arrows. The APB renders the verse, “They flow away like water; they go about; he treads his arrow, and his arrows are like those that are circumcised,” but does not clearly mark this noun with a separate English equivalent.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 58:7, the APB translation does not provide a clearly identifiable English rendering for this noun; Its specific contribution cannot be isolated from the English wording.

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