The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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mlk noun pl. emphatic

mlk, mlkˀ (mleḵ, malkā) n.m. king

1 king Com. ▶ more

--(a) emperor, caliph, emir, etc. Com.

--(b) pl. (the biblical) Book of Kings Syr, JBA.

2 provincial ruler (governor, satrap) OA-Mesop, OA, Syr.

3 a priest Man.

4 metaph.: ruler, chief . ▶ more

--(a) leaven for the eucharist Syr.

--(b) (bot.) ܡܠܟ ܝܪ̈ܩܘܢܐ : king of the herbs = fumitory Syr.

--(c) a spiritual being (= malaka) Man.

--(d) queen bee Syr.

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