Strongs H4246

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מְחֹלָה (mᵉchôlâh) n-f (mek-o-law')
Source: feminine of H4234;
Meaning: a dance
KJV: company, dances(-cing).

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

h.bf.am

מְחוֹלָה ] n.f. id. [

h.bf.al ]; dancing

Appears in a total of 8 verses:

EXO 32:19

OET-LV: 19 And_he/it _was just_as he _drew _near to the_camp and_he/it _saw DOM the_calf and_the_dancing(s) and_ the _anger of _Mosheh _it _glowed/burnt and_he _threw his DOM the_tablets and_he _broke DOM_them under the_mountain. (EXO 32:19)

OET-RV: 19 Then as they approached the camp, they saw the bull and the dancing, and Mosheh got very angry and threw the tablets down at the bottom of the mountain and they shattered. (EXO 32:19)

SA1 29:5

OET-LV: 5 Am_not is_this Dāvid whom people _sing to_him/it in_dancing(s) to_say Shāʼūl/(Saul) he _has _struck _down (on)_his _of_thousands and_Dāvid in/on/at/with. (SA1 29:5)

OET-RV: 5 Isn’t this the David that when they dance they sing,
⇔ ‘Sha’ul has struck down his thousands,
⇔ ≈ and David his ten thousands’?” (SA1 29:5)

EXO 15:20

OET-LV: 20 and_ Miryām the_prophetess the _sister _of ʼAhₐron _she/it _took DOM the_tambourine in_hand _of_her and_ all _of the_women _they _went _out behind_her with_tambourines and_with_dancing(s). (EXO 15:20)

OET-RV: 20 Then Aharon’s sister Miryam who was a prophetess, picked up a tambourine and went outside. All the other women did likewise and followed her out to dance together (EXO 15:20)

JDG 11:34

OET-LV: 34 and_ Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) _he _came (the)_Miʦpāh to house _of_his and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE daughter _of_his was_coming _out to_meet_him with_tambourines and_with_dancing(s) and_only she was_an _only_child there_belonged_not to_him/it from_him/it a _son or a _daughter. (JDG 11:34)

OET-RV: 34 When Yiftah got back to his house in the Mizpah area, look, his daughter was coming out to meet him with tambourines and with dancing. She was their only child—he didn’t have any son or daughter apart from her. (JDG 11:34)

SA1 21:12

OET-LV: 12  and_ the _servants _of ʼAkīsh _they _said to_him/it am_not is_this Dāvid the _king _of the_earth/land am_not of_this_one do _people _sing in_dancing(s) to_say Shāʼūl/(Saul) he _has _struck _down in/on/at/with and_Dāvid in/on/at/with. (SA1 21:12)

OET-RV: 11 But Akish’s servants complained to him, “Isn’t that David who’ll become king of Israel? Isn’t he the one they sing about when they dance, chanting, ‘Sha’ul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands?’ ” (SA1 21:11)

JDG 21:21

OET-LV: 21 And_you(pl)_will _see and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE if the _daughters _of Shiloh they _will _come _out to_dance with_dancing(s) and_you(pl)_will _go _out from the_vineyards and_you(pl)_will _seize to/for_you(pl) each _man his/its_wife/woman from_the _daughters _of Shiloh and_you(pl)_will _go the _land _of Binyāmīn. (JDG 21:21)

OET-RV: 21 and watch. When the Shiloh girls come out to perform in the dances, come out of the vineyards and you can each catch a wife for yourselves, then go back home to Benyamin. (JDG 21:21)

SNG 7:1

OET-LV: 7  return return Oh_Shulammite_woman return return so_that _we _may _look on/over_you(fs) why will _you(pl)_look on_woman like_the _dance _of the _two _groups. (SNG 7:1)

OET-RV: 13 Return, return, woman from Shulam.
⇔ Return, return and let us look at you.
⇔ Why do you look at the Shulammite
⇔ like the dance of two armies? (SNG 6:13)

SA1 18:6

OET-LV: 6 and_he/it _was when_came_they when_ Dāvid _returned from_when _struck _down DOM the_Philistine and_ the_women _they _came _out from_all the _cities _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) mmm and_the_dancing(s) to_meet Shāʼūl the_king with_tambourines with_joy and_with_three-stringed _instruments. (SA1 18:6)

OET-RV: 6 When they’d all come back after killing the Philistine, the women from the Israeli cities had come out to meet King Sha’ul with singing and dancing—playing tambourines and other instruments with great happiness. (SA1 18:6)

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