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Strong's #5244 - נְמָלָה
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2407) lmn (נמל NML) AC: Cut CO: ? AB: ?: [from: lm- as cut into segments]
V) lmn (נמל NML) - Cut: To cut the tip or end. KJV (5): (vf: Paal) cut off, cut down, circumcise - Strongs: H5243 (נָמַל)
Nf) lmn (נמל NML) - Ant: A segmented insect as cut in the middle. KJV (2): ant - Strongs: H5244 (נְמָלָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
(noun of individual meaning of 
); Syriac 
); — absolute ׳נ Proverbs 6:8; plural הַנְּמָלִים Proverbs 30:25. נמר (√ of following, meaning dubious; possibly compare Assyrian namâru, shine, gleam (from glossy coat of panther and leopard), [see Arabic 
pardus, and limpidus, purus (of water; compare below נמרים)] so Hom NS 294f.; ag. this Nö ZMG xl (1886), 736 Schw Idioticon 121; נָמֵר is comm. Sem.: Assyrian nimru Dl HWB 468; Arabic 
, 
Lane2853; Ethiopic 
Syriac 
, ᵑ7נִמְרָא; Late Hebrew נָמֵר).
נְמָלָה f. Proverbs 6:6 plur. נְמָלִים 30:25, the ant, Arab. نَمْلَةُ, perhaps so called from its cutting off, i.e. consuming (נָמַל i.q. מָלַל).
