See also: מ־ל־ך

Arabic edit

Noun edit

מלך (malikm

  1. 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)

  1. inflection of מַלְכָּא:
    1. absolute
    2. construct state

Hebrew edit

Root
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).

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Noun edit

מֶלֶךְ (mélekhm (plural indefinite מְלָכִים, singular construct מֶלֶךְ־, plural construct מַלְכֵי־, feminine counterpart מַלְכָּה, Biblical Hebrew pausal form מֶלֶךְ) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. 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?
  2. (chess) king
  3. (card games) king

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Chess pieces in Hebrew · כְּלֵי שַׁחְמָט (layout · text)
           
מֶלֶךְ מַלְכָּה צְרִיחַ רָץ פָּרָשׁ רַגְלִי

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Verb edit

מָלַךְ (malákh) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to rule

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Ladino edit

Etymology edit

From Hebrew מֶלֶךְ (mélekh).

Noun edit

מלך m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling meleh, plural מלכים)

  1. king

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From Hebrew מֶלֶךְ (mélekh).

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Noun edit

מלך (meylekhm, plural מלכים (melokhem)

  1. king
  2. (chess) king

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