מלכותא

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    Compare Hebrew מַלְכוּת (malkhút, malḵūṯ).

    Noun

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    מַלְכוּתָא (malḵūṯāf (plural מַלְכְוָתָא (malḵəwāṯā), absolutive מַלְכוּ (malḵū), construct מַלְכוּת (malḵūṯ))

    1. kingship
      • Tanach, Daniel 4:26, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
        לִקְצָת יַרְחִין תְּרֵי־עֲשַׂר עַל־הֵיכַל מַלְכוּתָא דִּי בָבֶל מְהַלֵּךְ הֲוָה׃
        liqṣāṯ yarḥīn tərē-ʿăśar ʿal-hēḵal malḵūṯā dī ḇā́ḇel məhallēḵ hăwā.
        At the end of twelve months he was walking upon the royal palace of Babylon.
    2. reign, rule
      • Tanach, Ezra 4:24, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
        בֵּאדַיִן בְּטֵלַת עֲבִידַת בֵּית־אֱלָהָא דִּי בִּירוּשְׁלֶם וַהֲוָת בָּטְלָא עַד שְׁנַת תַּרְתֵּין לְמַלְכוּת דָּרְיָוֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ־פָּרָס׃
        bēḏáyin bəṭēlaṯ ʿăḇīḏaṯ bēṯ-ʾĕlāhā dī bīrūšəlem wahăwāṯ bāṭəlā ʿaḏ šənaṯ tartēn ləmalḵūṯ dārəyā́weš méleḵ-pārās.
        Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
    3. kingdom
      • Tanach, Daniel 2:39, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
        וּבָתְרָךְ תְּקוּם מַלְכוּ אָחֳרִי ארעא (אֲרַע) מִנָּךְ וּמַלְכוּ תליתיא (תְלִיתָאָה) אָחֳרִי דִּי נְחָשָׁא דִּי תִשְׁלַט בְּכָל־אַרְעָא׃
        ūḇāṯərāḵ təqūm malḵū ʾoḥŏrī ʾăraʿ minnāḵ ūmalḵū ṯəlīṯāʾā ʾoḥŏrī dī nəḥāšā dī ṯišlaṭ bəḵol-ʾarʿā.
        And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
    4. realm

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