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mlk, mlkˀ (məlaḵ [mēlaḵ?], melkā) n.m. counsel
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counsel
Common Aramaic
H 343:.1↗ bmlkˀ dy ˀlhˀ : with divine counsel ; 4Q534.1.7↗ מלכה וערמימ[ותה‏ : his advice and his cunning ; TgJ 2Sam15:31↗ קַלקֵיל כְעַן יָת מִלכָא דְאְחִיתוֹפַל יְיָ‏ : please ruin the counsel of PN, Lord ; TgJ Is3:3↗ נסִיב אַפִין וֻמָלֵך מֵילַך‏ : [=MT נְשׂוּא פָנִים וְיוֹעֵץ] ; CPA(le97) Is 8:10↗ ܘܟܘܠ ܡܝܠܟ ܕܬܬ݁ܡܠܝܟܘܢ ܝܒܕܪ̈ ܡܪ̈ܐ‏ ; P Mk15:1↗ ܥܒ݂ܲܕ݂ܘ ܡܸܠܟ̇ܵܐ ܪ̈ܲܒ݁ܲܝ ܟ̇ܵܗܢܸ̈ܐ܂ ܥܲܡ ܩܲܫܼܝܫܸ̈ܐ ܘܥܲܡ ܣܵܦܪܸ̈ܐ‏ : the chief priests took counsel with the elders and the scribes
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reasoning
Syr
M.b.Serapion 47:12↗ ܐܦܠܐ ܡ݁ܠܟܐ ܫܪܝܪܐ ܐܝܬ ܠܗܘܢ‏ : they do not even have strong reasoning
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abs. regularly vocalized as מֵילַך but emph. מַלכָא and מִלכָא (i.e. "mälkā) in JLA targumim in the Babylonian pointing.
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 772[392]Jastrow: 791Drower/Macuch: 267aJ. Payne-Smith: 277Levy Ch-W: 2:40DNWSI: 644DCPA[Schulthess]: 220[112]Qumran: 140

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