Lexical Definition

‎מָלַךְ‎ mâlak (maw-lak') to reign ^H:V
a primitive root

consult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.

• to reign
• inceptively, to ascend the throne
• causatively, to induct into royalty
• hence (by implication) to take counsel

1) to be or become king or queen, reign
1a) (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign
1b) (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign
1c) (Hophal) to be made king or queen
2) to counsel, advise
2a) (Niphal) to consider

See Greek: βασιλεύω · βουλεύω · δίδωμι · καθίστημι · κρατέω · παρακαλέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎מָלַךְ‎₃₄₆ verb denominative be, or become king, or queen, reign; —

Qal₂₉₆ Perfect ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Josh 13:10 + etc.; Imperfect ‎יִמְלֹךְ‎ (‎לוֺךְ‎-) Exod 15:18 +; ‎וַיִּמְלֹךְ‎ Gen 36:32 +; 2 masculine singular ‎תִּמְלֹךְ‎ Gen 37:8 +, (‎הֲִ˜תִמֲלֹךְ‎ Jer 22:15 Baer); Imperative ‎מְלָךְֿ‎ Judg 9:14 ‎מָלְכָה‎ Judg 9:8 ‎מָלְכִי‎ Judg 9:10; Judg 9:12 Infinitive absolute ‎מָלֹךְ‎ Gen 37:8; 1Sam 24:21* construct. ‎מְלֹךְ‎ 1Kgs 2:15 +; suffix ‎מָלְכוֺ‎ 1Sam 13:1 +; Participle ‎מֹלֵךְ‎ Jer 22:11 + 2 t.; ‎מֹלֶכֶת‎ 2Kgs 11:3 = 2Chr 22:12 — be (become) king, reign, mostly of Hebrew kings, 2Sam 2:10; 1Kgs 16:22; 2Kgs 3:1; 2Kgs 9:13, but also generally Prov 8:15; Prov 30:22 of Canaanite, Edomite, Aramaic, Assyrian, Persian kings, etc.: Judg 4:2; Gen 36:31; 1Kgs 11:25; 2Kgs 8:15; 2Kgs 19:37; Esth 1:1 +; followed by ‎בְּ‎ local (usually city) Josh 13:10; Josh 13:12; Judg 4:2; 2Sam 5:5; 1Kgs 11:24; 1Kgs 14:21 + often; but also Gen 36:31; Gen 36:32; 1Chr 1:43 ‎בְּארץ‎, and even ‎בְּכֹלאֲשֶׁרתְּֿאַוֶּה נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ‎ 2Sam 3:21 followed by ‎עַל‎ with people or land 1Sam 8:9; 1Sam 8:11; 1Sam 12:14; 1Sam 13:1; 1Kgs 15:1; 1Kgs 15:9; 1Kgs 16:23 + often; followed by ‎בְּ‎ local + ‎עַל‎ territory (or population) 2Sam 5:5; 1Kgs 11:42 followed by ‎תַּחַת‎ (‎חַחְתָּיו‎) 2Sam 16:8; Gen 36:33f. = 1Chr 1:44f., 1Kgs 14:20; 1Kgs 14:31; 2Kgs 8:15; 2Kgs 13:24; Jer 22:11 + often; subject God, followed by ‎על‎ Ps 47:9*; Mic 4:7; Ezek 20:33; 1Sam 8:7 followed by ‎בְּ‎ Isa 24:23 absolute Exod 15:18; Isa 52:7; Ps 93:1; Ps 96:10 = 1Chr 16:31; Ps 97:1; Ps 99:1; Ps 146:10 +; subject future (Messianic) king Isa 32:1; Jer 23:5 subject a woman (= be queen) 2Kgs 11:3 = 2Chr 22:12 (both followed by ‎עַל‎), Esth 2:4 followed by ‎תַּחַת‎ ; Imperative only in fable, king of trees, Judg 9:8; Judg 9:10; Judg 9:12; Judg 9:14 all followed by ‎על‎; ‎בְּמָלְכוֺ‎ especially = when he began to reign, became king 1Sam 13:1; 2Sam 2:10; 1Kgs 14:21 + often; Infinitive also = reign: ‎בְּשְׁנַת שְׁמֹנֶה‎ ‎לְמָלְכוֺ‎ 2Kgs 24:12; 2Kgs 25:1, compare v2Kgs 25:27; 1Kgs 6:1; 2Chr 16:13; 2Chr 17:7; 2Chr 29:3; 2Chr 34:3; 2Chr 34:8, compare ‎עַד מְלֹךְ דָּוִד‎ 1Chr 4:31 ‎עַד מְלֹךְ‎ ‎מַלְכוּת פָּרָס‎ 2Chr 36:20 began to reign and reigned ‎מָלַךְ וַיִּמְלֹךְ‎ 1Kgs 15:25; 1Kgs 16:29; 2Kgs 3:1 +; often ‎מָלַךְ‎ alone with same meaning 1Kgs 16:23; 2Kgs 13:1; 2Kgs 13:10; 2Kgs 14:23 +. Hiph`il Perfect ‎הִמְלִיךְ‎ 1Sam 15:35 + 2 t.; ‎הִמְלַ֫כְתָּ‎ 1Kgs 3:7, etc.; Imperfect ‎וַיַּמְלֵךְ‎ 2Kgs 33:34 + 4 t.; ‎וַיַּמְלִיכוּ‎ Judg 9:6 + etc.; Infinitive construct ‎הַמְלִיךְ‎ 1Kgs 12:1 + etc.; Participle ‎מַמְלִךְֻ‎ Ezek 17:16 — make king, or queen, cause to reign, followed by accusative of person Judg 9:16; 1Sam 11:15; 1Kgs 1:43; 1Kgs 12:1; 1Kgs 16:21; 2Kgs 10:5; 2Kgs 11:12 (anointing and coronation) = 2Chr 23:11; 2Kgs 17:21; 1Chr 11:10; 1Chr 12:32*; 1Chr 12:39*; 2Chr 10:1; 2Chr 11:22; Ezek 17:16 followed by ‎לִשׁלמֹה‎ (‎לְ‎ of direct object, as Aramaic) 1Chr 29:22 followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb 1Sam 8:22 (+ ‎לָהֶם‎), 1Sam 12:1 (+ ‎על‎), Isa 7:6 (+ ‎בְּתוֺךְ‎); followed by ‎לְמֶלֶךְ‎ Judg 9:6; 1Sam 15:11 followed by accusative of person + ‎בְּ‎ local Jer 37:1 + ‎עַל‎ Judg 9:18; 1Sam 15:35; 1Kgs 12:20; 1Kgs 16:16; 2Kgs 8:20; 1Chr 12:38*; 1Chr 28:4 (accusative omitted), 1Chr 23:1; 2Chr 1:9; 2Chr 1:11; 2Chr 21:8; 2Chr 36:4; 2Chr 36:10, compare 2Sam 2:9 (3 t. ‎עֲלֿ‎, 3 t. ‎אֶלֿ‎); + ‎תַּחַת‎ 1Kgs 3:7; 2Kgs 14:21; 2Kgs 21:24; 2Kgs 23:30 (anointing), v2Kgs 23:34; 2Kgs 24:17; 2Chr 1:8; 2Chr 22:1; 2Chr 26:1; 2Chr 33:25; 2Chr 36:1; Esth 2:17 (= make queen at coronation); absolute Hos 8:4. Hoph`al Perfect ‎הָמְלַךְ‎ ‎עַל מַלְכוּת כַּשְׂדִּים‎ Dan 9:1.

II. [‎מָלַךְ‎] verb counsel, advise (loan-word from Aram . , ‎מְלַח‎; compare Assyrian malâku, Dl^{HWB 412}); — only Niph`al (so Late Hebrew) Imperfect ‎לִבִּי עָלַי וַיִּמָּלֵךָ‎ i. e. I considered carefully, Neh 5:7. [‎מַלְכֹּ֫דֶת‎] see ‎לכד‎. ‎מַלְכֵּן‎ see ‎מַלְבֵּן‎ below ‎לבן‎.

I. ‎מלך‎ (√ of following, see Biblical Hebrew).

II. ‎מלך‎ (√ of following; Assyrian malâku, counsel, advise; ᵑ7 ‎מְלֵח‎, Syriac , Christian-Palestinian Aramaic Schulth¹¹²; Biblical Hebrew II. [‎מָלַח‎] Neh 5:7 as loan-word).

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