מֶלְקָחַ֫יִם

From LSJ

ἤ με φίλει καθαρὸν θέμενος νόον, ἤ μ' ἀποειπών ἐχθαιρ' ἀμφαδίην νεῖκος ἀειράμενοςeither love me with a pure heart, or reject and hate me, and openly pick a fight

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English (Strong)

or malqach; from לָקַח; (only in dual) tweezers: snuffers, tongs.