מלאכא

Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܡܠܐܟܐ, Arabic مَلْأَك (malʔak) and Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (malʾāḵ).

Noun

מַלְאֲכָא • (malʾăḵā) m (plural מַלְאָכַיָּא)

1. angel
   • Tanach, Daniel 3:28, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     עָנֵה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר וְאָמַר בְּרִיךְ אֱלָהֲהוֹן דִּי־שַׁדְרַךְ מֵישַׁךְ וַעֲבֵד נְגוֹ דִּי־שְׁלַח מַלְאֲכֵהּ וְשֵׁיזִב לְעַבְדוֹהִי דִּי הִתְרְחִצוּ עֲלוֹהִי

     ʿānē nəḇūḵaḏneṣṣar wəʾāmar bərīḵ ʾĕlāhăhōn dī-šaḏraḵ mēšaḵ waʿăḇēḏ nəḡō dī-šəlaḥ malʾăḵēh wəšēziḇ ləʿaḇḏṓhī dī hiṯrəḥíṣū ʿălṓhī

     Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said: ‘Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent His angel, and delivered His servants that trusted in Him; […] ’

2. messenger

Inflection

    declension of מלאכא

	singular	plural
absolute	מַלְאָךְ	מַלְאָכִין
construct	מַלְאָךְ	מַלְאָכֵי
emphatic	מַלְאֲכָא	מַלְאָכַיָּא