מלאך
Hebrew
editEtymology
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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
editמַלְאָךְ • (mal'ákh) m (plural indefinite מַלְאָכִים, singular construct מַלְאַךְ־, plural construct מַלְאֲכֵי־)
Declension
editDeclension 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
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editNoun
editמלאך m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling malah, plural מלאכים)
Yiddish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (mal'ákh).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editמלאך • (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
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