H4459 H4459
teeth, incisors (possibly fangs or jaw teeth)
This plural noun refers to teeth, particularly prominent teeth, incisors, or fangs. It appears in late Hebrew always parallel with the standard word for teeth, adding emphasis or specifying a particular type. Psalm 58:6 prays 'Break the teeth in their mouths,' while Proverbs 30:14 describes a generation 'whose teeth are swords.' The term may emphasize grinding or gnashing teeth, suggesting powerful or predatory dentition.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Psalm 58:6 asks God to break 'the great teeth' of the wicked, paralleling the normal word for teeth. Cross-linguistic evidence (English 'great teeth', Spanish 'colmillos'/fangs) suggests prominent or powerful teeth—perhaps incisors, molars, or fangs. The contexts (lions in Job 29:17, violent people in Psalm 58:6) support understanding these as especially dangerous teeth, the instruments of attack. 1×
AR["أَنيابَ"]·ben["মুখ্য-দাঁত"]·DE["der-gross-teeth-von"]·EN["the-great-teeth-of"]·FR["de-entrailles"]·heb["מלתעות"]·HI["दाढ़ें"]·IT["[מלתעות]"]·jav["dukun-dukun"]·KO["송곳니-들-을"]·PT["as-presas"]·RU["челюсти"]·ES["colmillos-de"]·SW["meno-makubwa"]·TR["azi-dişlerini"]·urd["داڑھیں"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מְתַלְּעוֹת n.f.pl. teeth (AV RV jaw-teeth) (perhaps gnawers, v. √);—teeth, incisors, late (always ‖ שִׁנַּיִם): cstr. מ׳ Jb 29:17 and (of lion) Jo 1:6; sf. מְתַלְּעֹתָיו Pr 30:14. Also cstr. מַלְתְּעוֹת ψ 58:7.