Lexical Definition

‎מְלֶכֶת‎ mᵉleketh (mel-eh'-keth) queen ^H:N-F
from ‎מָלַךְ‎

queen.

• a queen

1) queen

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְלֶ֫כֶת‎ noun feminine queen (form difficult; compare Ol^{§ 147 d} Kö^{ii, 169 n.} Gie^{Jer 7:18} Ba^{NB 165, Anm. 2; ZMG xii. 1887, 606}); — only construct ‎הַשָּׁמַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Jer 7:18 + 4 t. Jeremiah = queen of the heavens, a goddess; identification dubious; perhaps= Ištar, Venus, compare Schr^below and others; (> = ‎מְלֶאכֶת‎ (Manuscripts), construct of ‎מְלָאכָה‎ (see ‎לאך‎), worship of the heavens (Cast^{Lex. Syr.}), or creative work of the heavens, collective = ‎׳‎‎צְבָא הַשּׁ‎ host of heaven, Sta^below (compare ᵐ5); see Schr^{COT Jer 7:18 SBAk 1886, 477 ff., ZA iii. 1888, 353 ff., iv. 1889, 74 ff.} Sta^{ZAW 1886,123 ff. 289 ff.} Kue^{Ges. Abh. 186 ff.} We^{Skizzen iii. 38} Nö^{ZMG xli. 1889, 710 f.} RS^{Semitic i. 57, 172 (ed. 2, 57, 189)} Grünb^{ZMG xiii.1888, 45}); — only as worshipped by people of Jerusalem ‎׳‎‎הַשּׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎לַעֲשׂוֺת כַּוָּנִים לִמְ‎ Jer 7:18 (|| ‎הַסֵּךְ נְסָכִים לֵאלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים‎); ‎׳‎‎הַשּׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎לְקַטֵּר לִמ‎ Jer 44:17; Jer 44:18; Jer 44:19; Jer 44:25 (all || ‎הַסֵּךְ לָהּ נְסָכִים‎).

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