Lexical Definition

‎מַלְכָּם‎ Malkâm (mal-kawm') Malcam ^N:N-M-P
or מִלְכּוֹם Milkôwm (milkome'); from ‎מֶלֶךְ‎ for ‎מֹלֶךְ‎

Malcham, Milcom.

• § Milcom = "great king"
• Malcam or Milcom, the national idol of the Ammonites

1) the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom
1a) also 'Molech'
2) a Benjamite, son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh

Extended Information

name of: מֹלֶךְ

• Milcom = "great king"
• Another name of mo.lekh (‎מ‎ֹ֫‎ל‎ֶ‎ך‎ְ "Molech" מֹלֶךְ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַלְכָּם‎ proper name, masculine a Benjamite 1Chr 8:9. ᵐ5 B Μελχας, A Μελχαμ, ᵐ5^L Μελχομ. On Jer 49:1; Jer 49:3; Zeph 1:5 see ‎מִלְכֹּם‎.

‎מִלְכֹּם‎ proper name, of a divinity Milcom, god of Ammonites (compare RS^{Semitic i. 67}) — ‎שִׁקֻּץ עַמֹּנִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Kgs 11:5 (|| ‎עַשְׁתֹּרֶת‎); compare ‎אֱלֹהֵי בְנֵי עַמּוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ v1Kgs 11:33 (|| ‎׳‎‎ע‎ + ‎כְּמוֺשׁ‎), so read also (for ᵑ0 ‎מֹלֶךְ‎) v1Kgs 11:7 (|| ‎כְּמוֺשׁ‎); ‎תּוֺעֲבַת‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ ‎בְּנֵיעַֿמּוֺן‎ 2Kgs 23:13 (|| as 1Kgs 11:33); read ‎מִלְכֹּם‎ also for ‎מַלְכָּם‎ Jer 49:1; Jer 49:3 (ᵐ5 Μελχολ, Μελχομ), compare Gie, and Zeph 1:5 (ᵑ6 ᵑ9, compare Now), probably 2Sam 12:30 = 1Chr 20:2 (see ‎מֶלֶךְ‎ 5 d), and perhaps Amos 1:15 (whence Jer 49:3 compare Dr Now; — not We GASm).

Brown-Driver-Briggs References