Malal מָלַל

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Malal (Hebrew מָלַל, Strong's H5243) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to languish”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to languish, wither, fade
1a) (Qal) to hang down, wither

(Qal) to circumcise, become clipped, be circumcised, be cut off

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	down (2), off (2), circumcise (1)
BSB	withers away (1), wither away (1), they are cut off (1), they wither (1)

Every verse with Malal, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Job 14:2
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
Job 18:16
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
Job 24:24
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.

Psalm 37:2
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).