מְלִיצָהmᵉlîytsâh

satire, mocking-poem (Habakkuk 2:6; Proverbs 1:6)

Pronunciation: mel-ee-tsaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4426

Same root

לוּץlûwts · H3887properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

Proverbs 1:6 by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables, the words of the wise and their riddles.
Habakkuk 2:6 “But soon their captives will taunt them. They will mock them, saying, ‘What sorrow awaits you thieves! Now you will get what you deserve! You’ve become rich by extortion, but how much longer can this go on?’

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).