Lexical Definition

‎מֹלֶךְ‎ Môlek (mo'-lek) Molech ^N:N-M-T
from ‎מָלַךְ‎

Molech. Compare ‎מַלְכָּם‎.

• § Molech = "king"
• Molek (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites

1) the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom

See Greek: Μολόχ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: בֹּשֶׁת | מֶלֶךְ

‎מֹ֫לֶךְ‎ proper name, of a divinity Molech (ᵐ5 Μολοχ, ᵑ9 Moloch) (= ‎מֶלֶךְ‎ i.e. (divine) King, with vowels of ‎בּשֶׁת‎ to denote abhorrence, Hoffm^{ZAW iii. 1883, 124} RS^{Semitic i. 353; 2nd ed. 372}; compare Hoffm^{GG Abh. xxxvi. 1890 a (May, 1889), 25}; Phoenician proper name, of divinity ‎מלך‎ Milk, in proper names compare Bloch, Dr^{Dt.222 f.}); — with article ‎׳‎‎הַמּ‎: — the god to whom Israel sacrificed children with fire (in valley of Hinnom); ‎׳‎‎העביר בָּנֵשׁ לַ מּ‎ 2Kgs 23:10 ‎׳‎‎העביר לַמּ‎ Jer 32:35 (|| ‎הַבַּעַל‎), Lev 18:21 (H); ‎׳‎‎נתן לַמּ‎ Lev 20:2; Lev 20:3; Lev 20:4 (H); more generally ‎׳‎‎לִזְנוֺת אַחֲרֵי הַמּ‎ vLev 20:5 (H). In 1Kgs 11:7 read probably ‎מִלְכֹּם‎, q. v.

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