Midvash

מָלַקmâlaq

nip, nip off, head of bird; without necessarily severing it from body (Leviticus 5:8)

Pronunciation: maw-lak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4454

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Leviticus 1:15 The priest will take the bird to the altar, wring off its head, and burn it on the altar. But first he must drain its blood against the side of the altar.
  • Leviticus 5:8 You must bring them to the priest, who will present the first bird as the sin offering. He will wring its neck but without severing its head from the body.

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).