Lexical Definition

‎מִלְכָּה‎ Milkâh (mil-kaw') Milcah ^N:N-F-P
a form of ‎מַלְכָּה‎; queen

Milcah.

• § Milcah = "queen"
• Milcah, the name of a Hebrewess and of an Israelite

1) daughter of Haran and wife of Nahor, her uncle and Abraham's brother, to whom she bore 8 children
2) a daughter of Zelophehad and granddaughter of Manasseh

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִלְכָּה‎ proper name, feminine ᵐ5 Μελχα (= ‎מַלְכָּה‎ ? Nö^{ZMG xlii. 1888. 484} compare Phoenician proper name, of deities ‎מלכת‎; compare Gray^{Prop. N. 116}); —

1. wife of Nahor Gen 11:29 (twice in verse); Gen 22:20; Gen 22:23; Gen 24:15; Gen 24:24; Gen 24:47 (all J).

2. daughter of Zelo-phehad (of Manasseh), Num 26:33; Num 27:1; Num 36:11; Josh 17:3 (all P). — Perhaps original town-name, Gray^l.c.

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