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מַלּוֹתִי

𐤌𐤋𐤅𐤕𐤉

Maloti

H4413 noun

SILEX Entry

Root מלל to speak, to utter, to say

Definition

Personal name referring to an Israelite individual listed among the Levitical musicians during the time of King David. The name likely carries the sense of 'my utterance,' 'my speaking,' or 'one who speaks,' based on its derivation.

Semantic Range

personal name; possible sense: my speaking, my utterance, I have spoken (as a name)

Root / Etymology

Derived from the Hebrew root מָלַל (malal), meaning 'to speak,' 'to utter,' 'to say.' The formation מַלּוֹתִי appears to be a 1st person singular possessive or verbal form, i.e., 'my speaking' or 'I have spoken.' The actual lexical meaning functions as a personal name.

Historical & Contextual Notes

Mallothi (מַלּוֹתִי) appears in 1 Chronicles 25:4 and 25:31 as a Levitical musician appointed for service in the temple during the reign of King David. The name is unique in the biblical record, and its interpretation as 'I have spoken' or 'my utterance' is based on the presumed root and form, but as a personal name, it does not function as a regular noun or verb in narrative contexts. There is no evidence that the individual named Mallothi had a reputation for loquacity or speech—this is an inference from the name’s etymology. In English Bibles the name is transliterated 'Mallothi'; older translations may assign additional meanings based on midrashic or traditional associations. The use of personal names constructed from first person forms is attested elsewhere in Hebrew anthroponymy, often expressing piety or relation to the deity, though here no theophoric element is present.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

apparently from מָלַל; I have talked (i.e. loquacious); Mallothi, an Israelite; Mallothi.

Bantu Hebrew

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Root Family

מלל (m-l-l) — to speak, to utter, to say

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H4405 מִלָּה in uttered words
H4406 מִלָּה utterance
H4425 מְלִילָה cropped grain-heads
H4448 מָלַל he solemnly uttered
H4449 מְלַל he declared

Word Forms

2 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H4413-01 לְ/מַלּ֔וֹתִי lemaloti HR/Np to Mallothi to My Utterance 1
H4413-02 מַלּ֔וֹתִי maloti HNp Mallothi My Utterance 1

Occurrences in Scripture

2 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H4413-02 1 Chronicles 25:4 מַלּ֔וֹתִי maloti HNp Mallothi My Utterance
H4413-01 1 Chronicles 25:26 לְ/מַלּ֔וֹתִי lemaloti HR/Np to Mallothi to My Utterance
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