מלאך
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
Root |
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ל־א־ך (l-ʾ-k) |
From a verb meaning “to send” which is only attested in Ugaritic 𐎍𐎛𐎋 (lỉk), 𐎍𐎀𐎋 (lảk), Arabic لَأَكَ (laʔaka), أَلْأَكَ (ʔalʔaka), Ge'ez ለአከ (läʾäkä). The only other word from this root in Hebrew is מְלָאכָה (məlāḵā́, “commission, sending → particular occupation, work, business”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /malˈ(ʔ)aχ/
Noun edit
מַלְאָךְ • (mal'ákh) m (plural indefinite מַלְאָכִים, singular construct מַלְאַךְ־, plural construct מַלְאֲכֵי־)
Declension edit
Declension of מַלְאָךְ
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | מַלְאָךְ | first | מַלְאָכִי | מַלְאָכֵנוּ | ||
definite | הַמַּלְאָךְ | second | מַלְאָכְךָ | מַלְאָכֵךְ | מַלְאָכְכֶם | מַלְאָכְכֶן | |
construct | מַלְאָךְ־ | third | מַלְאָכוֹ | מַלְאָכָהּ | מַלְאָכָם | מַלְאָכָן | |
plural | indefinite | מַלְאָכִים | first | מלאכיי / מַלְאָכַי | מַלְאָכֵינוּ | ||
definite | הַמַּלְאָכִים | second | מַלְאָכֶיךָ | מלאכייך / מַלְאָכַיִךְ | מַלְאֲכֵיכֶם | מַלְאֲכֵיכֶן | |
construct | מַלְאֲכֵי־ | third | מַלְאָכָיו | מַלְאָכֶיהָ | מַלְאֲכֵיהֶם | מַלְאֲכֵיהֶן |
Derived terms edit
- מַלְאָכוּת (malʾāḵūṯ, “messengership”)
- מלאך המוות / מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת (mal'ákh hamávet)
- מַלְאַךְ חַבָּלָה (mal'ákh khabalá)
- מַלְאֲכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת (mal'ákhei hasharét)
- רַב־מַלְאָךְ (rav-mal'ákh)
Descendants edit
- Yiddish: מלאך (malekh)
- → Ancient Greek: ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel”) (semantic loan) (see there for further descendants)
- → Kermanic: (learned)
- Isfahani: malāx
- → Tat: малах (learned)
References edit
Anagrams edit
Ladino edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
מלאך m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling malah, plural מלאכים)
Yiddish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (mal'ákh).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
מלאך • (malekh) m, plural מלאכים (malokhem)
Synonyms edit
- (rare) ענגעל (engel)
References edit
- Paul Abelson (1915) “angel”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press