BDB4669
I. מֶ֫לֶךְ2513
noun masculine
king (Late Hebrew id.;
MI1, 5, 10, 18, 23
מלך; Neh
1:4
המלכן; Phoenician מלך; Zinjirli מלך
DHMSendsch. 60; Assyrian
maliku
, malku, prince (Assyrian
šarru
= king); Arabic
[untranscribed source text 3002]
king (original Hebrew *מַלִח inferred,
LagBN 73
BaNB § 112
WMMAs. u. Europ.76); Sabean מלכן
SabDenkmNo. 1; construct מלך, plural אמלך
CISiv 37; compare Ethiopic
[untranscribed source text 3003]
God (and Nöl.c.); Aramaic
[untranscribed source text 3004], מְלֵיךְ; Palmyrene מלך מלכא
VogNo. 28; Nabataean מלכא
EutNab. 1); — ׳
מ absolute Gen 14:7 + (insert also 2Sam 13:17
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Th
We
Dr
Kit
Bu, and 2Sam 13:34
ᵐ5
We
Dr
Kit
Bu); in p. always מֶ֑לֶךְ
Gen 49:20 + 238
t. (so also proper name in מֶלֶךְ-); construct Gen 14:1 +; suffix מַלְכִּי
2Sam 19:44 +
6 t., etc.; plural מְלָכִים
Gen 14:9 +;
מְלָכִין
Prov 31:3
construct מַלְכֵי
Gen 17:16 +;
suffix מְלָכֶיהָ
Isa 7:16 + 3 t.;
מַלְכֵיהֶם
Deut 7:24 + 16 t.,
etc.; —
1.
king: of Egypt Gen 39:20f.; Exod 1:8f.; Deut 11:3; 1Kgs 3:1 of Mesopotamia, Shinar, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, etc. Judg 3:8; Judg 3:10; Gen 14:1f.; 2Kgs 15:19
; 2Kgs 15:20
; 2Kgs
15:29;
2Kgs 17:3f.; 2Kgs 18:13f.; 2Kgs 24:1; 2Kgs 24:11f.; Ezra 1:1f.; Ezra 4:3f.; Esth 1:2 +, 1Kgs 11:18; 1Kgs 11:40; 1Kgs 14:25
; 2Kgs 17:4
f.; 2Kgs 23:29
+; of Canaan, Philistia, Edom, Moab, etc. (often of single city): Gen 14:2f.; Gen 14:18; Gen 20:2; Gen 26:1; Gen 26:8; Gen 36:31; Num 20:14;
Num 21:1f.; Num 22:4; Num 22:10;
Deut 1:4; Deut 3:1f.; Josh 2:2 (often in
Joshua), Judg 1:7;
Judg 5:19; Judg 8:5; Judg 8:12; Judg 11:12
f.; 2Kgs 3:4f. +;
of Aram, Hamath, etc.
2Sam 8:3f.
2Sam 8:9; 1Kgs 15:18; 1Kgs 20:1f.; 1Kgs 22:3; 2Kgs 5:1f.; 2Kgs 8:7f.; 2Kgs 8:29; 2Kgs 9:14; 2Kgs 9:15; 2Kgs 15:37
; 2Kgs 16:5f.
+; of Tyre, etc.
2Sam 5:11;
1Kgs 5:15;
1Kgs 9:11;
1Kgs 9:16+, etc.; especially of Israel (undivided, and of
both divisions)
Gen 36:31;
Num 23:21; Num
24:7; Deut
17:14f.; Judg
17:6; Judg 18:1
; Judg 19:1;
Judg 21:25;
1Sam 2:10; 1Sam 8:5f.; 2Sam 2:4f.; 1Kgs 1:33; 1Kgs 1:34f. + very
often;
compare also Judg 9:5
. — 2Sam
18:29b strike out ׳
הַמּ
We
Klo
Dr
Kit
Bu. Note that in early books המלך דוד is nearly always
said; in late books usually המלך
׳
שׁלמה וגו) דוד; compare Aramaic כּוֺרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא, etc.
2. of Davidic king, as under divine protection, 1Sam 2:10 (|| מְשִׁיחוֺ), Ps 2:6; Ps 18:51; Ps 89:19; Ps 61:7, compare Ps 99:4 so in (Messianic)
prediction Hos 3:5;
Isa 32:1; Jer 23:5; Ezek 37:22;
Ezek 37:24;
Zech 9:9.
3. used of ׳
י as king of Israel 1Sam 12:12 in poetry Deut 33:5 compare Ps 5:3; Ps 10:16; Ps 29:10; Ps 44:5; Ps 48:3; Ps 68:25; Ps 74:12; Ps 84:4; Ps 145:1; Ps 149:2; Isa 41:21; Isa 43:15; Isa 44:6; Zeph 3:15
מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבוֺד
Ps 24:7; Ps 24:8; Ps 24:9; Ps 24:10 (twice
in verse); universal king Ps 47:3; Ps 47:8; Ps 95:3; Ps 98:6; Jer 10:7; Jer 10:10, compare Jer 46:18; Jer 48:15; Jer 51:57; Zech 14:9; Zech 14:16; Zech 14:17; Mal 1:14 of false god Amos 5:26.
4. in fable, king of trees Judg 9:8; Judg 9:15 figurative of crocodile Job 41:26
אֵין לָאַרְבֶּה
׳
מ
Prov 30:27 of
death, מֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהוֺת
Job 18:14.
5. combinations are: —
a.
הַגָּדוֺל
׳
הַמּ
2Kgs 18:19
;
2Kgs 18:28
=
Isa 36:4; Isa 36:13
(of
Assyrian king: compare Assyrian
šarru rabu
); גָּדוֺל
׳
מ
Eccl 9:14
(indefinite); of ׳
י
Mal 1:14,
עַלכֿלאֿלהים
׳
ג
׳
מ
Ps 95:3
׳
מ
עוֺלָם
Jer 10:10
(of
׳
י); מְלָכִים
׳
מ
Ezek 26:7
(king
of Babylon)
b.
יְחִי הַמֶּלֶךְ
1Sam 10:24;
2Sam 16:16
(twice in verse);
1Kgs
1:34;
1Kgs
1:39;
2Kgs 11:12; 2Chr 23:11
מֶלֶךְ בירושׁלם
Eccl 1:1, compare
Eccl 15:26
;
2Sam 5:2; 1Kgs 14:2;
1Chr 29:25
;
2Sam 2:11 (
׳
בחברון עלהֿיה מ) 1Kgs 11:37; 2Chr 28:4; Eccl 1:12.
c. following a verb (one or two
accusative)
על
׳
שִׂים מ
Deut 17:14;
Deut 17:15
(twice in verse);
1Sam 10:19
׳
שִׂים לָנוּ מ
1Sam 8:5
׳
שִׂים לְמ
1Kgs 10:9
לְ
׳
נָתַן מ
1Sam 8:6; Hos 13:10;
Hos 13:11
נָתַן עַל
1Sam 12:13;
2Chr 2:10;
Neh 9:37; Neh 13:26
הִמְלִיךְ לְמֶלֶךְ
Judg 9:6; 1Sam 15:11
על
׳
הִמְלִיךְ מ
1Sam 12:1
לְ
׳
הִמְלִיךְ מ
1Sam 8:22
׳
מָשַׁח מ
עַל
Judg 9:8
׳
מָשַׁח לְמ
1Kgs 1:45
עַל
׳
מָשַׁךְ לְמ
Judg 9:15; 1Sam 15:1; 1Sam 15:17;
2Sam 2:4; 2Sam 5:3; 2Sam 5:12;
2Sam 12:7;
1Kgs 1:34;
1Chr 11:3;
1Chr 14:8
יִהְיֶה על
׳
מ
1Sam 8:19
על
׳
בִּקֵּשׁ למ
2Sam 3:17
׳
הֵכִין לְמ
על
2Sam 5:12;
1Chr 14:2
על
׳
הֵקִים מ
1Kgs 14:14
;
Deut 28:36
׳
תַּחַת וגו
׳
לְמ
׳
יָשַׁב עַלכִּֿסֵּא י
1Chr 29:23
,
compare Prov 20:8
אלהיך
׳
לְי
׳
נָתַן עַלכִּֿסֵּא לְמ
2Chr 9:8.
d.
מַעֲדַנֵּימֶֿלךְ
Gen 49:20
royal dainties, figurative; ׳
מִשְׁתֵּה הַמּ
1Sam 25:36
royal feast (in simile); ׳
אֶבֶן הַמּ
2Sam 14:26
king's weight; ׳
יַדהַֿמּ
1Kgs 10:13
royal bounty (in simile); ׳
גִּזֵּי הַמּ
Amos 7:1
king's mowings; ׳
מִקְדַּשׁ מ
Amos 7:13
royal sanctuary; עֲטֶרֶת מַלְכָּם
2Sam 12:30
crown of their king = 1Chr 20:2 (but read מִלְכֹּם
ᵐ5
We
Klo
Dr
Kit
Kau — not Bu
KitChr.
Hpt); compare also בַּיִת, עֵמֶק,
גַּן, שָׁוֵה, etc. — proper name אבימלך, אחימלך
,
אלימלך, מלך, נתן, מלך, עבד,
see
below אב, אח, etc.
BDB4674
מֹ֫לֶךְ
proper name [of a divinity]
Molech (
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Μολοχ,
ᵑ9
Moloch) (= מֶלֶךְ i.e. (divine) King
, with vowels of בּשֶׁת to denote abhorrence,
HoffmZAW iii. 1883, 124
RSSemitic i. 353; 2nd ed. 372; compare HoffmGG Abh. xxxvi. 1890 a (May, 1889), 25; Phoenician proper
name, of divinity מלך
Milk, in proper names compare Bloch, DrDt.222 f.); — with article ׳
הַמּ: — the god to whom Israel sacrificed children with fire (in valley of Hinnom); ׳
העביר בָּנֵשׁ לַ מּ
2Kgs 23:10
׳
העביר לַמּ
Jer 32:35 (||
הַבַּעַל), Lev 18:21 (
H
); ׳
נתן לַמּ
Lev 20:2; Lev 20:3; Lev 20:4 (
H
); more generally ׳
לִזְנוֺת אַחֲרֵי הַמּ Lev 20:5 (
H
). In 1Kgs
11:7 read probably
מִלְכֹּם
, q. v.
BDB4684
מַלְכִּיצֶֿ֫דֶק
proper name, masculine
king of
שָׁלֵם (q. v.), (my king is ‚ede‡
) — Gen
14:18. Ps
110:4.
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Μελχισεδεκ.
BDB4685
מַלְכִּירָם
proper name, masculine
son of Jeconiah (= Jehoiakin) (my king (= Yahweh) is high
, compare GrayProp. N. 146 f.; Phoenician proper
name מלכרם); — 1Chr 3:18.
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Μελχ(ε)ιραμ.
BDB4686
מַלְכִישׁוּעַ
proper name, masculine
son of Saul
(my king (= ׳
י) is opulence, compare GrayProp. N.
147); — 1Sam 14:49; 1Sam 31:2; 1Chr 8:33; 1Chr 9:39; 1Chr 10:2 (in Chronicles מַלְכִּישֿׁוּעַ).
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Μελχεισα, Μελχεσουε, etc.