H4428. melek

I. מֶ֫לֶךְ‎₂₅₁₃ noun masculine king (Late Hebrew id.; MI^{1, 5, 10, 18, 23} מלך‎; Nehemiah 1:4 המלכן‎; Phoenician מלך‎; Zinjirli מלך‎ DHM^{Sendsch. 60}; Assyrian maliku, malku, prince (Assyrian šarru = king); Arabic king (original Hebrew *מַלִח‎ inferred, Lag^{BN 73} Ba^{NB § 112} WMM^{As. u. Europ.76}); Sabean מלכן‎ SabDenkm^{No. 1}; construct מלך‎, plural אמלך‎ CIS^{iv 37}; compare Ethiopic God (and Nö^l.c.); Aramaic , מְלֵיךְ‎; Palmyrene מלכא מלך‎ Vog^{No. 28}; Nabataean מלכא‎ Eut^{Nab. 1}); — ׳מ‎ absolute Genesis 14:7 + (insert also 2 Samuel 13:17 ᵐ5‎ Th We Dr Kit Bu, and 13:34 ᵐ5‎ We Dr Kit Bu); in p. always מֶ֑לֶךְ‎ Genesis 49:20 238t. (so also proper name in מֶלֶךְ‎-); construct 14:1 +; suffix מַלְכִּי‎ 2 Samuel 19:44 6t., etc.; plural מְלָכִים‎ 14:9 +; מְלָכִין‎ Proverbs 31:3; construct מַלְכֵי‎ Genesis 17:16 +; suffix מְלָכֶיהָ‎ Isaiah 7:16 3t.; מַלְכֵיהֶם‎ Deuteronomy 7:24 16t., etc.; —

1 king: of Egypt Genesis 39:20f.; Exodus 1:8f.; Deuteronomy 11:3; 1 Kings 3:1; of Mesopotamia, Shinar, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, etc. Judges 3:8, 10; Genesis 14:1f.; 2 Kings 15:19-20, 29; 17:3f.; 18:13f.; 24:1, 11f.; Ezra 1:1f.; 4:3f.; Esther 1:2 +, 1 Kings 11:18, 40; 14:25; 2 Kings 17:4f.; 23:29 +; of Canaan, Philistia, Edom, Moab, etc. (often of single city): Genesis 14:2f.; 14:18; 20:2; 26:1, 8; 36:31; Numbers 20:14; 21:1f.; 22:4, 10; Deuteronomy 1:4; 3:1f.; Joshua 2:2 (often in Joshua), Judges 1:7; 5:19; 8:5, 12; 11:12f.; 2 Kings 3:4f. +; of Aram, Hamath, etc. 2 Samuel 8:3f. 8:9; 1 Kings 15:18; 20:1f.; 22:3; 2 Kings 5:1f.; 8:7f.; 8:29; 9:14-15, 15:37; 16:5f. +; of Tyre, etc. 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:15; 9:11, 16+, etc.; especially of Israel (undivided, and of both divisions) Genesis 36:31; Numbers 23:21; 24:7; Deuteronomy 17:14f.; Judges 17:6; 18:1; 19:1; 21:25; 1 Samuel 2:10; 8:5f.; 2 Samuel 2:4f.; 1 Kings 1:33-34,f. + very often; compare also Judges 9:5. — 2 Samuel 18:29b strike out ׳הַמּ‎ We Klo Dr Kit Bu. Note that in early books דוד המלך‎ is nearly always said; in late books usually וגו ׳שׁלמה המלך‎) דוד‎; compare Aramaic מַלְכָּא כּוֺרֶשׁ‎, etc.

2 of Davidic king, as under divine protection, 1 Samuel 2:10 ("" מְשִׁיחוֺ‎), Psalm 2:6; Psalm 18:51; 89:19; 61:7, compare 99:4; so in (Messianic) prediction Hosea 3:5; Isaiah 32:1; Jeremiah 23:5; Ezekiel 37:22, 24; Zechariah 9:9.

3 used of ׳י‎ as king of Israel 1 Samuel 12:12; in poetry Deuteronomy 33:5 compare Psalm 5:3; 10:16; 29:10; 44:5; 48:3; 68:25; 74:12; 84:4; 145:1; 149:2; Isaiah 41:21; 43:15; 44:6; Zephaniah 3:15; הַכָּבוֺד מֶלֶךְ‎ Psalm 24:7; 24:8; 24:9; 24:10 (twice in verse); universal king 47:3; 47:8; 95:3; 98:6; Jeremiah 10:7, 10, compare 46:18; 48:15; 51:57; Zechariah 14:9, 16, 17; Malachi 1:14; of false god Amos 5:26.

4 in fable, king of trees Judges 9:8, 15 figurative of crocodile Job 41:26; ׳מ לָאַרְבֶּה אֵין‎ Proverbs 30:27; of death, בַּלָּהוֺת מֶלֶךְ‎ Job 18:14.

5 combinations are: —

a. ׳הַמּ הַגָּדוֺל‎ 2 Kings 18:19, 28 = Isaiah 36:4, 13 (of Assyrian king: compare Assyrian šarru rabu); ׳מ גָּדוֺל‎ Ecclesiastes 9:14 (indefinite); of ׳י‎ Malachi 1:14, ׳מ ׳ג עַלכֿלאֿלהים‎ Psalm 95:3; עוֺלָם ׳מ‎ Jeremiah 10:10 (of ׳י‎); ׳מ מְלָכִים‎ Ezekiel 26:7 (king of Babylon)

b. הַמֶּלֶךְ יְחִי‎ 1 Samuel 10:24; 2 Samuel 16:16 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:34, 39; 2 Kings 11:12; 2 Chronicles 23:11; בירושׁלם מֶלֶךְ‎ Ecclesiastes 1:1, compare Eccl 15:26; 2 Samuel 5:2; 1 Kings 14:2; 1 Chronicles 29:25; 2 Samuel 2:11 (מ עלהֿיה ׳בחברון‎) 1 Kings 11:37; 2 Chronicles 28:4; Ecclesiastes 1:12.

c. following a verb (one or two accusative) מ ׳שִׂים על‎ Deuteronomy 17:14-15, (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 10:19; מ לָנוּ ׳שִׂים‎ 8:5; לְמ ׳שִׂים‎ 1 Kings 10:9; מ ׳נָתַן לְ‎ 1 Samuel 8:6; Hosea 13:10-11, עַל נָתַן‎ 1 Samuel 12:13; 2 Chronicles 2:10; Nehemiah 9:37; 13:26; לְמֶלֶךְ הִמְלִיךְ‎ Judges 9:6; 1 Samuel 15:11; מ ׳הִמְלִיךְ על‎ 12:1; מ ׳הִמְלִיךְ לְ‎ 8:22; עַל מ ׳מָשַׁח‎ Judges 9:8; לְמ ׳מָשַׁח‎ 1 Kings 1:45; לְמ ׳מָשַׁךְ עַל‎ Judges 9:15; 1 Samuel 15:1, 17; 2 Samuel 2:4; 5:3, 12; 12:7; 1 Kings 1:34; 1 Chronicles 11:3; 14:8; ׳מ על יִהְיֶה‎ 1 Samuel 8:19; למ ׳בִּקֵּשׁ על‎ 2 Samuel 3:17; על לְמ ׳הֵכִין‎ 5:12; 1 Chronicles 14:2; מ ׳הֵקִים על‎ 1 Kings 14:14; Deuteronomy 28:36; י עַלכִּֿסֵּא ׳יָשַׁב ׳לְמ וגו ׳תַּחַת‎ 1 Chronicles 29:23, compare Proverbs 20:8; לְמ עַלכִּֿסֵּא ׳נָתַן ׳לְי אלהיך‎2 Chronicles 9:8.

d. מַעֲדַנֵּימֶֿלךְ‎ Genesis 49:20 royal dainties, figurative; הַמּ ׳מִשְׁתֵּה‎ 1 Samuel 25:36 royal feast (in simile); הַמּ ׳אֶבֶן‎ 2 Samuel 14:26 king's weight; ׳יַדהַֿמּ‎ 1 Kings 10:13 royal bounty (in simile); הַמּ ׳גִּזֵּי‎ Amos 7:1 king's mowings; מ ׳מִקְדַּשׁ‎ 7:13 royal sanctuary; מַלְכָּם עֲטֶרֶת‎ 2 Samuel 12:30 crown of their king = 1 Chronicles 20:2 (but read ᵐ5 מִלְכֹּם‎ We Klo Dr Kit Kau — not Bu Kit^Chr. Hpt); compare also שָׁוֵה גַּן, עֵמֶק, בַּיִת,‎, etc. — proper name עבד מלך, נתן, מלך, אלימלך, אחימלך, אבימלך,‎, see below אח אב,‎, etc.

מַלְכִישׁוּעַ‎ proper name, masculine son of Saul my king (= ׳י‎) is opulence, compare Gray^{Prop. N. 147}); — 1 Samuel 14:49; 31:2; 1 Chronicles 8:33; 9:39; 10:2 (in Chronicles מַלְכִּישֿׁוּעַ‎). ᵐ5‎ Μελχεισα, Μελχεσουε, etc.