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mlk, mlkˀ (mleḵ, malkā) n.m. king
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king
Common Aramaic
Zak.a16↗ kl mlkyˀ ˀl zy mḥˀw [ˁlyk mṣr : all these kings who have attacked you with a siege ; IduOstr 1:97.2↗ ב 12 לכסלו שנת 7 פלפס מלכא‏ ; TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .84↗ רכיך ממלל מלך שדק ועזיז הו מן סכין פמי̇[ן‏ : a king's speech may be soft, but it is sharper and mightier than a double-edged knife ; SamPap.1..1↗ ב20 לאדר שנת 2 ראש מלכות [ד]ר̇י̇הוש מלכא‏ ; Ezra 5:11↗ וּמֶלֶךְ לְיִשְׂרָאֵל רַב בְּנָהִי וְשַׁכְלְלֵהּ‏ : a great king of Israel built and completed it ; GenApoc 2.14 ↗ יאמיא אנה לך בקדישא רבא במלך שמ̇[י]א̇‏ : 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 ; CPA Psalms46:3↗ ܕܡܪܐ ܡܪܘܡܡ ܘܕܚܝ‍[‍ܠ‍]‍ ܘܡܠܝܟ ܪܒ ܥܠ ܟܘܠܗ ܐܪܥܐ‏ ; Marqe 1.1077↗ אתו ליד פרעה מלכה‏ ; SyrAhiq 2 37:4↗ ܣܪܚܕܘܡ ܡܠܟܐ ܕܐܬܘܪ‏ ; JBABowl 12.1:5↗ מלכיהון דש^ידי ודיוי‏ ; BT Meg 15a(25)↗ גבא מלכא עילאה מ{{ל}}^מ^לכא תחתאה‏ : the upper king [i.e. God] has prevailed over the lower king [i.e. Ahasuerus] ; HM(10) 108:128↗ אי בעית ٠٠٠ לאעדאה מלכין‏ : if you want ... to remove kings ; ATS 1.1:46↗ malka ˁlaia : the supreme king ; PJ Gen49:10↗ עד זמן די ייתי מלכא משיחא זעיר בנוי‏ : until the Messiah King, the youngest of his sons, comes
(1)
emperor, caliph, emir, etc.
Common Aramaic
(2)
pl. (the biblical) Book of Kings
Syr, JBA
AphDem23.482:7↗ ܒܪܡ ܕܝܢ ܒܣܦܪܐ ܕܡ̈ܠܟܐ ܗܟܢܐ ܟܬܝܒ‏ : but then it is written thus in the Book of Kings
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provincial ruler (governor, satrap)
OAMesop, OA, Syr
Fakh.6↗ hdysˁy mlk gwzn ; BarRak.8.1↗ ˀnh brrkb br pnmw mlk |šmˀ[l ˁbd tgltp]lysr mrˀ rbˁy ˀr[qˀ : I am PN king of GN [servant of Tiglathp]ilesar lord of the four quarters of the earth ; AM 1:153:3 ܡܠܟܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܚܕܝܒ‏
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a priest
Man
4
metaph.: ruler, chief
(1)
leaven for the eucharist
Syr
CatCambr 343:17 ܚܡܝܪܐ ܐܘ ܟܝܬ ܡܠܟܐ‏ : leaven, i.e., king
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(bot.) ܡܠܟ ܝܪ̈ܩܘܢܐ : king of the herbs = fumitory
SyrLex
BBah 1094:8↗ text not cited
(3)
a spiritual being (= malaka)
Man
ATS 1.1:594↗ uqamiun liaminẖ tšima malkia : at his right stood 900 "kings"
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queen bee
Syr
Geop 99:13, ff.↗ text not cited
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abs.: BA (as in Hebrew) מֶלֶךְ = JLAtg supralinear vocal מַלַך ; Gal. מליך ; Mand. mlik; CPA ܡܠܟ ܂ ܡܠܝܟ
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In the Ancient Near East this term is also used for a provincial ruler when as a part of a larger political unit, e.g., an empire.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 772[391]DJPA: 310aDJBA: 680bJastrow: 791Drower/Macuch: 244b, 267a, 273Payne-Smith: 2142J. Payne-Smith: 277Levy Ch-W: 2:41Tal Sam: 472DNWSI: 834DCPA[Schulthess]: 228[112]BarBahlul: 1093DJA: 62bQumran: 140

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