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Hebrew millah (
Job 30:9
), a word or speech, and hence object of talk; Hebrew mashal (
Psalm 44:14
), a proverb or parable. When it denotes a sharp word of derision, as in
Deuteronomy 28:37
,
1 Kings 9:7
,
2 Chronicles 7:20
, the Hebrew sheninah is used. In
Jeremiah 24:9
it is rendered "taunt."
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