מְתַלְּעָהmᵉthallᵉʻâh

teeth, incisors (Job 29:17; Joel 1:6; Proverbs 30:14)

Pronunciation: meth-al-leh-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4973

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Job 29:17 I broke the jaws of godless oppressors and plucked their victims from their teeth.
  • Proverbs 30:14 They have teeth like swords and fangs like knives. They devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among humanity.
  • Joel 1:6 A vast army of locusts has invaded my land, a terrible army too numerous to count. Its teeth are like lions’ teeth, its fangs like those of a lioness.

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).