Strong's Lexicon: H4429 מֶלֶך

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Strong's Number:	H4429
Word:	מֶלֶך
Part of Speech:	name
Etymology:	the same as H4428
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	2
Transliteration:	Melek
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	meh'-lek
Meaning:	1. king 2. Melek, the name of two Israelites
KJV Renderings:	Melech, Hammelech (by including the article).

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BDB4669

I. מֶ֫לֶךְ₂₅₁₃ noun masculine king (Late Hebrew id.; MI^{1, 5, 10, 18, 23} מלך; Neh 1:4 המלכן; Phoenician מלך; Zinjirli מלך DHM^{Sendsch. 60}; Assyrian maliku , malku, prince (Assyrian šarru = king); Arabic [untranscribed source text 3002] king (original Hebrew *מַלִח inferred, Lag^{BN 73} Ba^{NB § 112} WMM^{As. u. Europ.76}); Sabean מלכן SabDenkm^{No. 1}; construct מלך, plural אמלך CIS^{iv 37}; compare Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 3003] God (and Nö^l.c.); Aramaic [untranscribed source text 3004], מְלֵיךְ; Palmyrene מלך מלכא Vog^{No. 28}; Nabataean מלכא Eut^{Nab. 1}); — ׳ מ absolute Gen 14:7 + (insert also 2Sam 13:17 ᵐ5 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 Kit^Chr. Hpt); compare also בַּיִת, עֵמֶק, גַּן, שָׁוֵה, etc. — proper name אבימלך, אחימלך , אלימלך, מלך, נתן, מלך, עבד, see below אב, אח, etc.

BDB4673

II. מֶ֫לֶךְ proper name, masculine son of Micah, a Benjamite (on ׳ מ as individual name see Gray^{Prop. N. 116, 122 n. 4} ; compare Phoenician proper name מלך (see Bloch ); Sabean proper name מלכם CIS^{iv. 1}; Palmyrene proper name מלכו Vog^{Palm. 92} and others Nabataean id., Eut^{Nab 21, 4} and others Vog^{Nab 1, 2} ); — 1Chr 8:35 ( ᵐ5 Μελχηλ), 1Chr 9:41 ( ᵐ5 Μαλαχ; ᵐ5 ^L Μελχιηλ in both).

BDB9662

מֶ֫לֶךְ₁₇₈ noun masculine king (general Semitic; see Biblical Hebrew); — ׳ מ absolute Dan 2:10 + 2 t.; construct Dan 4:34 + 6 t.; usually emphatic מַלְכָּא Ezra 4:8 + 154 t., ָ ה Dan 2:11 plural מַלְכִין Ezra 4:15 + 9 t., ִ ים Ezra 4:13 (Hebraism, BeRy M⁴¹*); emphatic מַלְכַיָּא Dan 2:44 + 2 t.; — king Dan 2:4; Dan 2:5 + 132 t. Daniel; Ezra 4:8; Ezra 4:11 + 42 t. Ezra (מֶלָךְ מַלְכַיָּא of Nebuchadnezzar Dan 2:37, of Artaxerxes Ezra 7:12 [compare Cooke^{71.3, of Xerxes}]; מַלְכִין Dan 7:17 = kingdoms, compare מַלְכוּ Dan 7:23).