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 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 God (and Nöl.c.); Aramaic , מְלֵיךְ; Palmyrene מלך מלכא VogNo. 28; Nabataean מלכא EutNab. 1); — ׳מ absolute [Gen 14:7] + (insert also [2Sam 13:17] ᵐ5 Th We Dr Kit Bu, and v[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 39:20]f.; [Exod 1:8]f.; [Deut 11:3]; [1Kgs 3:1] of Mesopotamia, Shinar, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, etc. [Judg 3:8]; [Judg 3:10]; [Gen 14:1]f.; [2Kgs 15:19]; [2Kgs 15:20]; [2Kgs 15:29]; [2Kgs 17:3]f.; [2Kgs 18:13]f.; [2Kgs 24:1]; [2Kgs 24:11]f.; [Ezra 1:1]f.; [Ezra 4:3]f.; [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 14:2]f.; v[Gen 14:18]; [Gen 20:2]; [Gen 26:1]; [Gen 26:8]; [Gen 36:31]; [Num 20:14]; [Num 21:1]f.; [Num 22:4]; [Num 22:10]; [Deut 1:4]; [Deut 3:1]f.; [Josh 2:2] (often in Joshua), [Judg 1:7]; [Judg 5:19]; [Judg 8:5]; [Judg 8:12]; [Judg 11:12]f.; [2Kgs 3:4]f. +; of Aram, Hamath, etc. [2Sam 8:3]f. v[2Sam 8:9]; [1Kgs 15:18]; [1Kgs 20:1]f.; [1Kgs 22:3]; [2Kgs 5:1]f.; [2Kgs 8:7]f.; v[2Kgs 8:29]; [2Kgs 9:14]; [2Kgs 9:15]; [2Kgs 15:37]; [2Kgs 16:5]f. +; 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 17:14]f.; [Judg 17:6]; [Judg 18:1]; [Judg 19:1]; [Judg 21:25]; [1Sam 2:10]; [1Sam 8:5]f.; [2Sam 2:4]f.; [1Kgs 1:33]; [1Kgs 1:34]f. + very often; compare also [Judg 9:5]. — [2Sam 18:29]b 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.
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