- מַל
- מַלm. (מָלַל) brittle, easily crushed. Sifra Vayikra, Ndab., ch. XIV, Par. 13 (play on כ̇ר̇מ̇ל̇, Lev. 2:14) ר̇ך̇ מ̇ל̇ tender, yet brittle; Men.66b רך ומל (Ms. M. כר ומלא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); Y.Sabb.I, 2d bot. רך מלא (corr. acc.), v. כַּרְמֶל.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.