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mlkh, mlktˀ (malkā, malkəṯā) n.f. queen
√ mlk, mlkˀ n.m.
queen, queen-mother
Common Aramaic
Arebsun.2.2↗ [mlk]tˀ ˀḥth wˀntth zy byl ; Kerak.1↗ wgr srˀ mlktˀ : stele of queen RN ; Dan 5:10↗ מַלְכְּתָא לָקְֹבֵל מִלֵּי מַלְכָּא וְרַבְרְבָנוֹהִי לְבֵית מִשְׁתְּיָא עללת"עַלַּת‏ : during the discussion of the king and his nobles the queen (mother?) entered the banquet hall ; PAT317:1.6↗ mlktˀ ˀmh dy mlk mlkˀ ; Addai.12.14↗ ܘܟܕ ܚܙܬ ܗܘܬ ܡܠܟܬܐ܃ ܕܡܝ݂ܬܬ ܠܗ݀ ܒܪܬܗ݀ ܡܢ ܫܠܝܐ݂‏ : when the queen saw that her daughter died suddenly ; P Je29:2↗ ܝܘܟܢܝܐ ܡ݁ܠܟܐ ܘܡܠܟܬܐ‏ ; BT Beṣ 28b(40)↗ מתניתא מלכתא‏ : the Tannaitic statement is the 'queen' ; GY 172:3↗ anat tihia malkan udlibat tihuia malaktan : you will be our king and Venus our queen ; PJ Num12:1↗ ארום לאיתא אסבוהי ית מלכתא דכוש‏ : for they had him marry the queen of Ethiopia
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In oldest Near Eastern texts, the person referenced by this term is quite often clearly the mother of the king rather than his primary wife (cf. here PAT317:1.6).
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 770[391]DJPA: 310bDJBA: 681bJastrow: 792Drower/Macuch: 243bPayne-Smith ~: 2142J. Payne-Smith: 278Levy Ch-W: 2:41DCPA[Schulthess]: 228[113]DJA: 62b
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