The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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מְלֶךְ מַלְכָּא‏ n.m. king

king Com. Ezra4:8 : אַרְתַּחְשַׁשְׂתְּא מַלְכָּא‏ King Artaxerxes. Ezra5:11 : וּמֶלֶךְ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל רַב בְּנָהִי וְשַׁכְלְלֵהּ‏ a great king of Israel built and completed it. GenApoc 2.14 : יאמיא אנה לך בקדישא רבא במלך שמ֗[י]א֗‏ I swear to you today by the great Holy One, by the King of Heaven. TgO Gen41:46 : פרעה מַלכָא דמצרים‏ Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. TN Gen17:16 : ומלכין דשלטין באומיא מנה יקומון‏ kings shall arise from him who rule over the nations. PJ Gen49:10 : עד זמן די ייתי מלכא משיחא זעיר בנוי‏ until the Messiah King, the youngest of his sons, comes. emperor, caliph, emir, etc. Com.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 310a; DJBA: 680b; Jastrow: 791; Levy Ch-W: 2:41; Tal Sam: 472; DNWSI: 834; DJA: 62b; Cook,Qumran: 140;

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Derivatives:

byt mlk, byt mlkˀ n.m. palace

mlkh, mlktˀ (malkā, malkəṯā) n.f. queen

mlkw, mlkwtˀ (malḵū, malḵūṯā) n.f. kingdom

byt mlkw, byt mlkwtˀ (bēṯ malkū, bēṯ malkūṯā) n.m. palace; kingdom

mmlkw, mmlkwtˀ (mamləḵū, mamləḵūṯā) n.f. kingdom