I. מֶ֫לֶךְ 2513 noun masculine king (Late Hebrew
id.; MI
1, 5, 10, 18, 23 מלך; l
4 המלכן; Phoenician
מלך; Zinjirli
מלך DHM
Sendsch. 60; Assyrian
maliku,
malku,
prince (Assyrian
šarru =
king); Arabic
king (original Hebrew *
מַלִח inferred, Lag
BN 73 Ba
NB § 112 WMM
As. u. Europ. 76); Sabean
מלכן Sab Denkm
No. 1; construct
מלך, plural
אמלך CIS
iv 37; compare Ethiopic
God (and Nö
l.c.); Aramaic

,
מְלֵיךְ; Palmyrene
מלך מלכא Vog
No. 28; Nabataean
מלכא Eut
Nab. 1); —
מ׳ absolute
Genesis 14:7 + (insert also
2 Samuel 13:17 
Th We Dr Kit Bu, and
2 Samuel 13:34 
We Dr Kit Bu); in p. always
מֶ֑לֶךְ Genesis 49:20 +
238 times (so also proper name in
מֶלֶךְ -); construct
Genesis 14:1 +; suffix
מַלְכִּי 2 Samuel 19:4 (twice in verse) +
6 times, etc.; plural
מְלָכִים Genesis 14:9 +;
מְלָכִין Proverbs 31:3; construct
מַלְכֵי Genesis 17:16 +; suffix
מְלָכֶיהָ Isaiah 7:16 +
3 times;
מַלְכֵיהֶם Deuteronomy 7:24 +
16 times, etc.; —
1. king: of Egypt
Genesis 39:20f.;
Exodus 1:8f.;
Deuteronomy 11:3;
1 Kings 3:1; of Mesopotamia, Shinar, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, etc.
Judges 3:8,
10;
Genesis 14:1f.;
2 Kings 15:19,
20,
29;
2 Kings 17:3f.;
2 Kings 18:13f.;
2 Kings 24:1,
11f.;
Ezra 1:1f.;
Ezra 4:3f.;
Esther 1:2 +,
1 Kings 11:18,
40;
1 Kings 14:25;
2 Kings 17:4f.;
2 Kings 23:29 +; of Canaan, Philistia, Edom, Moab, etc. (often of single city):
Genesis 14:2f.;
Genesis 14:18;
Genesis 20:2;
Genesis 26:1,
8;
Genesis 36:31;
Numbers 20:14;
Numbers 21:1f.;
Numbers 22:4,
10;
Deuteronomy 1:4;
Deuteronomy 3:1f.;
Joshua 2:2 (often in Joshua),
Judges 1:7;
Judges 5:19;
Judges 8:5,
12;
Judges 11:12f.;
2 Kings 3:4f. +; of Aram, Hamath, etc.
2 Samuel 8:3f.;
2 Samuel 8:9;
1 Kings 15:18;
1 Kings 20:1f.;
1 Kings 22:3;
2 Kings 5:1f.;
2 Kings 8:7f.;
2 Kings 8:29;
2 Kings 9:14,
15;
2 Kings 15:37;
2 Kings 16:5f. +; of Tyre, etc.
2 Samuel 5:11;
1 Kings 5:15;
1 Kings 9:11,
16 +, etc.; especially of Israel (undivided, and of both divisions)
Genesis 36:31;
Numbers 23:21;
Numbers 24:7;
Deuteronomy 17:14f.;
Judges 17:6;
Judges 18:1;
Judges 19:1;
Judges 21:25;
1 Samuel 2:10;
1 Samuel 8:5f.;
2 Samuel 2:4f.;
1 Kings 1:33,
34f. + very often; compare also
Judges 9:5. —
2 Samuel 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.
5. combinations are: —
d. מַעֲדַנֵּימֶֿלךְ Genesis 49:20 royal dainties, figurative;
מִשְׁתֵּה הַמּ׳ 1 Samuel 25:36 royal feast (in simile);
אֶבֶן הַמּ׳ 2 Samuel 14:26 king's weight;
יַדהַֿמּ׳ 1 Kings 10:13 royal bounty (in simile);
גִּזֵּי הַמּ׳ Amos 7:1 king's mowings;
מִקְדַּשׁ מ׳ Amos 7:13 royal sanctuary;
עֲטֶרֶת מַלְכָּם 2 Samuel 12:30 crown of their king =
1 Chronicles 20:2 (but read
מִלְכֹּם 
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.
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