מלך

See also: מ־ל־ך‎

Aramaic

Noun

מלך • (transliteration needed)

absolute formal of מלכא‎
construct formal of מלכא‎

Hebrew

FWOTD – 20 July 2014

Etymology

Root
מ־ל־ך‎

From the root מ־ל־ך‎ , Proto-Semitic *malk-.

Pronunciation

(מֶלֶךְ, mélekh):
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛː.lɛx/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈme.leχ/
(מָלַךְ, malákh):
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /mɔːˈlax/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /maˈlaχ/

Noun

מֶלֶךְ‏ • (mélekh) m (plural indefinite מְלָכִים‎, singular construct מֶלֶךְ־, plural construct מַלְכֵי־‎, feminine counterpart מַלְכָּה‎, Biblical Hebrew pausal form מֶלֶךְ) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

king
- Exodus 1:17:
- Numbers 1:17, with translation of the King James Version:
  ‏ […] וְלֹא עָשׂוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶן מֶלֶךְ מִצְרָיִם […] ‎
  […] v'ló asú ka'ashér dibér aleihén mélekh mitsráyim […]
  […] and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them […]

Declension

Declension of מֶלֶךְ

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
	State	Form	Person	m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	מֶלֶךְ	first	מַלְכִּי‎		מַלְכֵּנוּ‎
	definite	הַמֶּלֶךְ‎	second	מַלְכְּךָ‎	מַלְכֵּךְ‎	מַלְכְּכֶם‎	מַלְכְּכֶן‎
	construct	מֶלֶךְ־	third	מַלְכּוֹ‎	מַלְכָּהּ‎	מַלְכָּם‎	מַלְכָּן‎
plural	indefinite	מְלָכִים‎	first	מלכיי \ מְלָכַי‎		מְלָכֵינוּ‎
	definite	הַמְּלָכִים‎	second	מְלָכֶיךָ‎	מלכייך \ מְלָכַיִךְ‎	מַלְכֵיכֶם‎	מַלְכֵיכֶן‎
	construct	מַלְכֵי־‎	third	מְלָכָיו‎	מְלָכֶיהָ‎	מַלְכֵיהֶם‎	מַלְכֵיהֶן‎

Derived terms

מֶלֶךְ‏ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים‎

References

H4428 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Verb

מָלַךְ • (malákh) (pa'al construction)

to rule

Conjugation

Conjugation of מָלַךְ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: למלוך \ לִמְלֹךְ‎ action noun: — passive participle: —
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	מָלַכְתִּי‎		מָלַכְנוּ‎
	second	מָלַכְתָּ‎	מָלַכְתְּ‎	מְלַכְתֶּם‎¹	מְלַכְתֶּן‎¹
	third	מָלַךְ	מָלְכָה‎	מָלְכוּ‎
present		מוֹלֵךְ‎	מוֹלֶכֶת‎	מוֹלְכִים‎	מוֹלְכוֹת‎
future	first	אמלוך \ אֶמְלֹךְ‎		נמלוך \ נִמְלֹךְ‎
	second	תמלוך \ תִּמְלֹךְ‎	תִּמְלְכִי‎	תִּמְלְכוּ‎	תמלוכנה \ תִּמְלֹכְנָה‎²
	third	ימלוך \ יִמְלֹךְ‎	תמלוך \ תִּמְלֹךְ‎	יִמְלְכוּ‎	תמלוכנה \ תִּמְלֹכְנָה‎²
imperative		מלוך \ מְלֹךְ‎	מִלְכִי‎	מִלְכוּ‎	מלוכנה \ מְלֹכְנָה‎²
notes		Pronounced מָלַכְתֶּם‎ and מָלַכְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

References

H4427 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Judeo-Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مَلِك‎ (malik).

Noun

מלך (malikun) m

king
- Exodus 1:8 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)
  ‏וקאם מלך גׄדיד עלי מצר מן לם ישאהד יוסף׃‎‎
  waqāma malikun jadīdun ʿalā miṣra man lam yušāhid yūsufa.
  And a new king arose over Egypt who had not witnessed Joseph.

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew מֶלֶךְ‏‎ (mélekh).

Noun

מלך • (meylekh) m, plural מלכים‎ (melokhem)

king
(chess) king

Synonyms

קיניג‎ (kinig)

Related terms

מלכּה‎ (malke)

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