מלך
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See also: מ־ל־ך
Arabic
[edit]Noun
[edit]מלך • (transliteration needed) m
- Judeo-Arabic spelling of مَلِك (malik, “king”)
- c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir[1], Exodus 1:8:
- וקאם מלך גׄדיד עלי מצר מן לם ישאהד יוסף׃
- wa-qāma malikun jadīdun ʕalā miṣra man lam yušāhid yūsufa.
- And a new king arose over Egypt who had not witnessed Joseph.
Aramaic
[edit]Noun
[edit]מלך • (melech)
- inflection of מַלְכָּא:
Hebrew
[edit]Root |
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מ־ל־ך (m-l-k) |
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Semitic *malk-. Cognate to Aramaic מַלְכָּא (malkā, “king”), Arabic مَلِك (malik, “king”) and Akkadian 𒂷𒆪 (malku, “prince”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (מֶלֶךְ, mélekh):
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈmɛː.lɛx/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈme.leχ/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /malk/
Audio: (file)
- (מָלַךְ, malákh):
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /mɔːˈlax/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /maˈlaχ/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /malak/
Noun
[edit]מֶלֶךְ • (mélekh) m (plural indefinite מְלָכִים, singular construct מֶלֶךְ־, plural construct מַלְכֵי־, feminine counterpart מַלְכָּה, Biblical Hebrew pausal form מֶלֶךְ) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- king
- Tanach, Exodus 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 […]
- 1994, The Lion King, spoken by Simba (Doron Ben-Ami):
- היי דוד סקאר, כשאהיה מלך, מה אתה תהיה?
- Hey Dod Skar, kshe'éye mélech, ma atá tíye?
- Hey Uncle Scar, when I'm King, what'll that make you?
- (chess) king
- (card games) king
Declension
[edit]Declension of מֶלֶךְ
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
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
[edit]- אֱגוֹז מֶלֶךְ ('egóz mélekh)
- בֵּן מֶלֶךְ (bén mélech)
- מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים
See also
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מֶלֶךְ | מַלְכָּה | צְרִיחַ | רָץ | פָּרָשׁ | רַגְלִי |
References
[edit]Verb
[edit]מָלַךְ • (malákh) (pa'al construction)
- to rule
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of מָלַךְ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms |
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finite forms | singular | plural | |||
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 | |
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References
[edit]Ladino
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]מלך m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling meleh, plural מלכים)
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]מלך • (meylekh) m, plural מלכים (melokhem)
Synonyms
[edit]- קיניג (kinig)
Related terms
[edit]- מלכּה (malke)
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- he:Heads of state
- he:Monarchy
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- Ladino lemmas
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- yi:Chess
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