BDB4674

מֹ֫לֶךְ proper name [of a divinity] Molech ( ᵐ5 Μολοχ, ᵑ9 Moloch) (= מֶלֶךְ i.e. (divine) King , with vowels of בּשֶׁת to denote abhorrence, Hoffm^{ZAW iii. 1883, 124} RS^{Semitic i. 353; 2nd ed. 372}; compare Hoffm^{GG Abh. xxxvi. 1890 a (May, 1889), 25}; Phoenician proper name, of divinity מלך Milk, in proper names compare Bloch, Dr^{Dt.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.