Lexical Definition

‎מֶלֶךְ‎ melek (meh'-lek) king ^H:N-M
from ‎מָלַךְ‎

king, royal.

• a king

1) king

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Extended Information

name of: שִׁלֹחַ

• Another name of she.lach (‎ש‎ֶׁ֫‎ל‎ַ‎ח‎ "Shelah" שִׁלֹחַ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: מֶלֶךְ

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 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 God (and Nö^l.c.); Aramaic , ‎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 v2Sam 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 17:4f.; 2Kgs 23:29 +; of Canaan, Philistia, Edom, Moab, etc. (often of single city): Gen 14:2f.; vGen 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 11:12f.; 2Kgs 3:4f. +; of Aram, Hamath, etc. 2Sam 8:3f. v2Sam 8:9; 1Kgs 15:18; 1Kgs 20:1f.; 1Kgs 22:3; 2Kgs 5:1f.; 2Kgs 8:7f.; v2Kgs 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.

Also see: שׁוּעַ

‎מַלְכִישׁוּעַ‎ proper name, masculine son of Saul my king (= ‎׳‎‎י‎) is opulence, compare Gray^{Prop. N. 147}); — 1Sam 14:49; 1Sam 31:2; 1Chr 8:33; 1Chr 9:39; 1Chr 10:2 (in Chronicles ‎מַלְכִּישֿׁוּעַ‎). ᵐ5 Μελχεισα, Μελχεσουε, etc.

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