מלכותא

Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Hebrew מַלְכוּת (malkhút, malḵūṯ).

Noun

מַלְכוּתָא • (malḵūṯā) f (plural מַלְכְוָתָא (malḵəwāṯā), absolutive מַלְכוּ (malḵū), construct מַלְכוּת (malḵūṯ))

1. kingship
   • Tanach, Daniel 4:26:

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     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:

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     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:

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     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

References

• H4437 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible