Lexical Definition
מֶלֶךְ melek (meh'-lek) king A:N-M
(Aramaic) corresponding to מֶלֶךְ
king, royal.
- a king
1) king
Extended Information
Aramaic of: מֶלֶךְ
Brown-Driver-Briggs
מֶ֫לֶךְ178 noun masculine king (general Semitic; see Biblical Hebrew); — ׳מ absolute Dan 2:10 + 2 t.; construct Dan 4:34* + 6 t.; usually emphatic מַלְכָּא Ezra 4:8 + 154 t., ָ ה Dan 2:11 plural מַלְכִין Ezra 4:15 + 9 t., ִ ים Ezra 4:13 (Hebraism, BeRy M41*); emphatic מַלְכַיָּא Dan 2:44 + 2 t.; — king Dan 2:4; Dan 2:5 + 132 t. Daniel; Ezra 4:8; Ezra 4:11 + 42 t. Ezra (מֶלָךְ מַלְכַיָּא of Nebuchadnezzar Dan 2:37, of Artaxerxes Ezra 7:12 [compare Cooke71.3, of Xerxes]; מַלְכִין Dan 7:17 = kingdoms, compare מַלְכוּ vDan 7:23).
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Ezra | 4:8 · 4:11 · 4:13 · 4:15 · 7:12 |
| Daniel | 2:4 · 2:5 · 2:10 · 2:11 · 2:37 · 2:44 · 4:34* · 7:17 · 7:23 |