4406. millah
Lexicon
millah: Word, speech, utterance

Original Word: מִלָּה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: millah
Pronunciation: mil-lah'
Phonetic Spelling: (mil-law')
Definition: Word, speech, utterance
Meaning: a word, command, discourse, subject

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
commandment, matter, thing

(Aramaic) corresponding to millah; a word, command, discourse, or subject -- commandment, matter, thing. Word.

see HEBREW millah

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
(Aramaic) corresponding to millah
Definition
a word, thing
NASB Translation
anything (1), command (4), matter (5), message (2), revelation (1), statement (2), thing (1), things (1), word (2), words (3).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
מִלָּה noun feminine word, thing; — absolute ׳מ Daniel 2:9 +, construct מִלַּת Daniel 2:10 +; emphatic Daniel 2:5 +, ָ  א, Daniel 2:8 +; plural absolute מִלּין Daniel 7:1,25, construct מִלֵּי Daniel 5:10, emphatic מִלַּיָּא Daniel 7:11,16; —

1 word, utterance Daniel 4:28; Daniel 6:15, plural Daniel 5:10; Daniel 7:11,25; in bad sense, כִדְבָח וּשְׁחִיתָה ׳מ Daniel 2:9, מִלַּיָּא רַבְרְבָתָא Daniel 7:11 (compare רַבְרְבָן alone Daniel 7:8; Daniel 7:20); word of God's judgment Daniel 4:30; = command Daniel 2:5,8; Daniel 3:22,28; Daniel 6:13.

2 thing, affair, matter: Daniel 2:10 (twice in verse); Daniel 2:11,15,17,23; Daniel 5:15,26; Daniel 7:28 (twice in verse), plural Daniel 7:1; Daniel 7:16.

Topical Lexicon
Word Origin: Derived from the Aramaic root מְלַל (melal), which means "to speak" or "to say."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • While there is no direct one-to-one correspondence between מִלָּה and a specific Greek word in the Septuagint or New Testament, the concept of "word" or "command" can be related to Greek terms such as λόγος (logos, Strong's Greek 3056), which means "word," "speech," or "reason," and ῥῆμα (rhema, Strong's Greek 4487), which refers to "that which is spoken" or "an utterance." These Greek terms capture similar nuances of communication and authority found in the Aramaic מִלָּה.

Usage: The word מִלָּה appears in the Aramaic portions of the Old Testament, particularly in the books of Daniel and Ezra. It is used to describe words spoken by individuals, commands issued by authorities, or subjects of discourse.

Context: • מִלָּה is a significant term in the Aramaic sections of the Hebrew Bible, reflecting the linguistic and cultural context of the Jewish people during the Babylonian and Persian periods.
• In the book of Daniel, מִלָּה is often used in the context of royal decrees or divine messages. For example, in Daniel 2:5, King Nebuchadnezzar uses the term when issuing a command regarding the interpretation of his dream: "The king replied to the Chaldeans, 'My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces, and your houses will be reduced to rubble.'"
• In Ezra, מִלָּה is used to describe the written decrees and communications from Persian kings concerning the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem. For instance, in Ezra 5:13, it is recorded: "However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God."
• The use of מִלָּה in these contexts underscores the importance of authoritative speech and written communication in the governance and religious life of the Jewish people during the exile and post-exilic periods.

Forms and Transliterations
וּמִלְּתָ֖א וּמִלְּתָ֨א וּמִלִּ֗ין וּמִלַּ֤ת וּמִלָּ֨ה ומלה ומלין ומלת ומלתא מִלְּתָ֑א מִלְּתָ֔א מִלְּתָ֖א מִלְּתָ֛א מִלְּתָ֣א מִלְּתָ֥א מִלְּתָֽא׃ מִלְּתָא֙ מִלְּתָא֮ מִלִּ֖ין מִלֵּ֤י מִלַּ֣ת מִלַּ֤ת מִלַּ֥ת מִלַּיָּ֖א מִלַּיָּ֣א מִלָּ֤ה מלה מלי מליא מלין מלת מלתא מלתא׃ mil·lāh mil·laṯ mil·lay·yā mil·lê mil·lə·ṯā mil·lîn milLah millāh millaiYa milLat millaṯ millayyā millê milLei milleTa milləṯā milLin millîn ū·mil·lāh ū·mil·laṯ ū·mil·lə·ṯā ū·mil·lîn umilLah ūmillāh umilLat ūmillaṯ umilleTa ūmilləṯā umilLin ūmillîn
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Englishman's Concordance
Daniel 2:5
HEB: (לְכַשְׂדָּאֵ֔י ק) מִלְּתָ֖א מִנִּ֣י אַזְדָּ֑א
NAS: to the Chaldeans, The command from me is firm:
KJV: to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone
INT: and said Chaldean the command me is firm

Daniel 2:8
HEB: אַזְדָּ֖א מִנִּ֥י מִלְּתָֽא׃
NAS: as you have seen that the command from me is firm,
KJV: because ye see the thing is gone from
INT: is firm from the command

Daniel 2:9
HEB: הִ֣יא דָֽתְכ֗וֹן וּמִלָּ֨ה כִדְבָ֤ה וּשְׁחִיתָה֙
NAS: and corrupt words before
KJV: and corrupt words to speak
INT: it decree words lying and corrupt

Daniel 2:10
HEB: יַבֶּשְׁתָּ֔א דִּ֚י מִלַּ֣ת מַלְכָּ֔א יוּכַ֖ל
NAS: declare the matter for the king,
KJV: the king's matter: therefore
INT: earth who the matter the king could

Daniel 2:10
HEB: רַ֣ב וְשַׁלִּ֔יט מִלָּ֤ה כִדְנָה֙ לָ֣א
NAS: has [ever] asked anything like this
KJV: such things at any
INT: great ruler anything this no

Daniel 2:11
HEB: וּמִלְּתָ֨א דִֽי־ מַלְכָּ֤ה
NAS: Moreover, the thing which the king
KJV: And [it is] a rare thing that the king
INT: the thing which the king

Daniel 2:15
HEB: מַלְכָּ֑א אֱדַ֣יִן מִלְּתָ֔א הוֹדַ֥ע אַרְי֖וֹךְ
NAS: informed Daniel about the matter.
KJV: Arioch made the thing known
INT: the king Then the matter informed Arioch

Daniel 2:17
HEB: וַעֲזַרְיָ֛ה חַבְר֖וֹהִי מִלְּתָ֥א הוֹדַֽע׃
NAS: Mishael and Azariah, about the matter,
KJV: to his house, and made the thing known
INT: and Azariah his friends the matter and informed

Daniel 2:23
HEB: מִנָּ֔ךְ דִּֽי־ מִלַּ֥ת מַלְכָּ֖א הוֹדַעְתֶּֽנָא׃
NAS: to us the king's matter.
KJV: unto us the king's matter.
INT: of thee what matter the king's known

Daniel 3:22
HEB: מִן־ דִּ֞י מִלַּ֤ת מַלְכָּא֙ מַחְצְפָ֔ה
NAS: the king's command [was] urgent
KJV: the king's commandment was urgent,
INT: according who command the king's urgent

Daniel 3:28
HEB: הִתְרְחִ֖צוּ עֲל֑וֹהִי וּמִלַּ֤ת מַלְכָּא֙ שַׁנִּ֔יו
NAS: the king's command, and yielded
KJV: the king's word, and yielded
INT: put him command the king's violating

Daniel 4:31
HEB: ע֗וֹד מִלְּתָא֙ בְּפֻ֣ם מַלְכָּ֔א
NAS: While the word [was] in the king's
KJV: While the word [was] in the king's
INT: While the word mouth the king's

Daniel 4:33
HEB: בַּהּ־ שַׁעֲתָ֗א מִלְּתָא֮ סָ֣פַת עַל־
NAS: Immediately the word concerning
KJV: The same hour was the thing fulfilled
INT: Immediately the word was fulfilled concerning

Daniel 5:10
HEB: מַלְכְּתָ֕א לָקֳבֵ֨ל מִלֵּ֤י מַלְכָּא֙ וְרַבְרְבָנ֔וֹהִי
NAS: because of the words of the king
KJV: by reason of the words of the king
INT: the queen because of the words of the king and his nobles

Daniel 5:15
HEB: כָהֲלִ֥ין פְּשַֽׁר־ מִלְּתָ֖א לְהַחֲוָיָֽה׃
NAS: the interpretation of the message.
KJV: shew the interpretation of the thing:
INT: could the interpretation of the message shew

Daniel 5:26
HEB: דְּנָ֖ה פְּשַֽׁר־ מִלְּתָ֑א מְנֵ֕א מְנָֽה־
NAS: is the interpretation of the message: 'MENE--
KJV: [is] the interpretation of the thing: MENE;
INT: This is the interpretation of the message MENE has numbered

Daniel 6:12
HEB: וְאָמַ֗ר יַצִּיבָ֧א מִלְּתָ֛א כְּדָת־ מָדַ֥י
NAS: replied, The statement is TRUE,
KJV: and said, The thing [is] true,
INT: and spoke is true the statement to the law of the Medes

Daniel 6:14
HEB: מַלְכָּ֜א כְּדִ֧י מִלְּתָ֣א שְׁמַ֗ע שַׂגִּיא֙
NAS: heard this statement, he was deeply
KJV: when he heard [these] words, was sore
INT: as the king soon statement heard was deeply

Daniel 7:1
HEB: כְתַ֔ב רֵ֥אשׁ מִלִּ֖ין אֲמַֽר׃
KJV: [and] told the sum of the matters.
INT: wrote the summary of the matters related

Daniel 7:11
HEB: מִן־ קָל֙ מִלַּיָּ֣א רַבְרְבָתָ֔א דִּ֥י
NAS: of the boastful words which
KJV: of the great words which the horn
INT: because of the sound words of the great which

Daniel 7:16
HEB: לִ֕י וּפְשַׁ֥ר מִלַּיָּ֖א יְהוֹדְעִנַּֽנִי׃
NAS: to me the interpretation of these things:
KJV: the interpretation of the things.
INT: told the interpretation things and made

Daniel 7:25
HEB: וּמִלִּ֗ין לְצַ֤ד [עִלָּיָא
KJV: And he shall speak [great] words against
INT: words against high

Daniel 7:28
HEB: סוֹפָ֣א דִֽי־ מִלְּתָ֑א אֲנָ֨ה דָֽנִיֵּ֜אל
NAS: At this point the revelation ended.
KJV: [is] the end of the matter. As for me
INT: ended forasmuch the revelation me Daniel

Daniel 7:28
HEB: יִשְׁתַּנּ֣וֹן עֲלַ֔י וּמִלְּתָ֖א בְּלִבִּ֥י נִטְרֵֽת׃
NAS: but I kept the matter to myself.
KJV: but I kept the matter in my heart.
INT: grew me the matter to myself kept

24 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4406
24 Occurrences


mil·lāh — 1 Occ.
mil·lay·yā — 2 Occ.
mil·laṯ — 3 Occ.
mil·lê — 1 Occ.
mil·lə·ṯā — 11 Occ.
mil·lîn — 1 Occ.
ū·mil·lāh — 1 Occ.
ū·mil·laṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·mil·lə·ṯā — 2 Occ.
ū·mil·lîn — 1 Occ.















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