Aramaic word · H4391

מְלָא

umelat

to fill

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

1) to fill

1a) (P'al) to fill

1b) (Ithp'al) to be filled

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 2

  1. Daniel 2:35 וּמְלָ֥ת and it filled

    Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

    Here: 'And it filled': it takes up all the space the empires used to claim.

  2. Daniel 3:19 הִתְמְלִ֣י he was filled

    At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,

    Here: A passive form: 'he was filled'. The king is a container and rage is what fills him to the top. The grammar puts the anger in control, not the king.

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