מֶלֶךְ

H4428. melek
I. מֶ֫לֶךְ2513 noun masculine king (Late Hebrew id.; MI1, 5, 10, 18, 23 מלך; Neh 1:4 המלכן; Phoenician מלך; Zinjirli מלך DHMSendsch. 60; Assyrian maliku, malku, prince (Assyrian šarru = king); Arabic king (original Hebrew *מַלִח inferred, LagBN 73 BaNB § 112 WMMAs. u. Europ.76); Sabean מלכן SabDenkmNo. 1; construct מלך, plural אמלך CISiv 37; compare Ethiopic God (and Nöl.c.); Aramaic , מְלֵיךְ; Palmyrene מלכא מלך VogNo. 28; Nabataean מלכא EutNab. 1); — ׳מ absolute Gen 14:7 + (insert also 2Sa 13:17 ᵐ5 Th We Dr Kit Bu, and 2Sa 13:34 ᵐ5 We Dr Kit Bu); in p. always מֶ֑לֶךְ Gen 49:20 238t. (so also proper name in מֶלֶךְ-); construct Gen 14:1 +; suffix מַלְכִּי 2 Samuel 19:44 2Sa 19:6t., etc.; plural מְלָכִים Gen 14:9 +; מְלָכִין Pro 31:3; construct מַלְכֵי Gen 17:16 +; suffix מְלָכֶיהָ Isa 7:16 Isa 7:3t.; מַלְכֵיהֶם Deu 7:24 Deu 7:16t., etc.; —
1 king: of Egypt Gen 39:20f.; Exo 1:8f.; Deu 11:3; 1Ki 3:1; of Mesopotamia, Shinar, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, etc. Jdg 3:8, Jdg 3:10; Gen 14:1f.; 2Ki 15:19-20, 2Ki 15:29; 2Ki 17:3f.; 2Ki 18:13f.; 2Ki 24:1, 2Ki 24:11f.; Ezr 1:1f.; Ezr 4:3f.; Est 1:2 +, 1Ki 11:18, 1Ki 11:40; 1Ki 14:25; 2Ki 17:4f.; 2Ki 23:29 +; of Canaan, Philistia, Edom, Moab, etc. (often of single city): Gen 14:2f.; Gen 14:18; Gen 20:2; Gen 26:1, Gen 26:8; Gen 36:31; Num 20:14; Num 21:1f.; Num 22:4, Num 22:10; Deu 1:4; Deu 3:1f.; Jos 2:2 (often in Joshua), Jdg 1:7; Jdg 5:19; Jdg 8:5, Jdg 8:12; Jdg 11:12f.; 2Ki 3:4f. +; of Aram, Hamath, etc. 2Sa 8:3f. 2Sa 8:9; 1Ki 15:18; 1Ki 20:1f.; 1Ki 22:3; 2Ki 5:1f.; 2Ki 8:7f.; 2Ki 8:29; 2Ki 9:14-15, 2Ki 15:37; 2Ki 16:5f. +; of Tyre, etc. 2Sa 5:11; 1Ki 5:15; 1Ki 9:11, 1Ki 9:16+, etc.; especially of Israel (undivided, and of both divisions) Gen 36:31; Num 23:21; Num 24:7; Deu 17:14f.; Jdg 17:6; Jdg 18:1; Jdg 19:1; Jdg 21:25; 1Sa 2:10; 1Sa 8:5f.; 2Sa 2:4f.; 1Ki 1:33-34,f. + very often; compare also Jdg 9:5. — 2Sa 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, 1Sa 2:10 (|| מְשִׁיחוֺ), Psa 2:6; Psalm 18:51; Psa 89:19; Psa 61:7, compare Psa 99:4; so in (Messianic) prediction Hos 3:5; Isa 32:1; Jer 23:5; Eze 37:22, Eze 37:24; Zec 9:9.
3 used of ׳י as king of Israel 1Sa 12:12; in poetry Deu 33:5 compare Psa 5:3; Psa 10:16; Psa 29:10; Psa 44:5; Psa 48:3; Psa 68:25; Psa 74:12; Psa 84:4; Psa 145:1; Psa 149:2; Isa 41:21; Isa 43:15; Isa 44:6; Zep 3:15; הַכָּבוֺד מֶלֶךְ Psa 24:7; Psa 24:8; Psa 24:9; Psa 24:10 (twice in verse); universal king Psa 47:3; Psa 47:8; Psa 95:3; Psa 98:6; Jer 10:7, Jer 10:10, compare Jer 46:18; Jer 48:15; Jer 51:57; Zec 14:9, Zec 14:16, Zec 14:17; Mal 1:14; of false god Amo 5:26.
4 in fable, king of trees Jdg 9:8, Jdg 9:15 figurative of crocodile Job 41:26; ׳מ לָאַרְבֶּה אֵין Pro 30:27; of death, בַּלָּהוֺת מֶלֶךְ Job 18:14.
5 combinations are: —
a. ׳הַמּ הַגָּדוֺל 2Ki 18:19, 2Ki 18:28 = Isa 36:4, Isa 36:13 (of Assyrian king: compare Assyrian šarru rabu); ׳מ גָּדוֺל Ecc 9:14 (indefinite); of ׳י Mal 1:14, ׳מ ׳ג עַלכֿלאֿלהים Psa 95:3; עוֺלָם ׳מ Jer 10:10 (of ׳י); ׳מ מְלָכִים Eze 26:7 (king of Babylon)
b. הַמֶּלֶךְ יְחִי 1Sa 10:24; 2Sa 16:16 (twice in verse); 1Ki 1:34, 1Ki 1:39; 2Ki 11:12; 2Ch 23:11; בירושׁלם מֶלֶךְ Ecc 1:1, compare Eccl 15:26; 2Sa 5:2; 1Ki 14:2; 1Ch 29:25; 2Sa 2:11 (מ עלהֿיה ׳בחברון) 1Ki 11:37; 2Ch 28:4; Ecc 1:12.
c. following a verb (one or two accusative) מ ׳שִׂים על Deu 17:14-15, (twice in verse); 1Sa 10:19; מ לָנוּ ׳שִׂים 1Sa 8:5; לְמ ׳שִׂים 1Ki 10:9; מ ׳נָתַן לְ 1Sa 8:6; Hos 13:10-11, עַל נָתַן 1Sa 12:13; 2Ch 2:10; Neh 9:37; Neh 13:26; לְמֶלֶךְ הִמְלִיךְ Jdg 9:6; 1Sa 15:11; מ ׳הִמְלִיךְ על 1Sa 12:1; מ ׳הִמְלִיךְ לְ 1Sa 8:22; עַל מ ׳מָשַׁח Jdg 9:8; לְמ ׳מָשַׁח 1Ki 1:45; לְמ ׳מָשַׁךְ עַל Jdg 9:15; 1Sa 15:1, 1Sa 15:17; 2Sa 2:4; 2Sa 5:3, 2Sa 5:12; 2Sa 12:7; 1Ki 1:34; 1Ch 11:3; 1Ch 14:8; ׳מ על יִהְיֶה 1Sa 8:19; למ ׳בִּקֵּשׁ על 2Sa 3:17; על לְמ ׳הֵכִין 2Sa 5:12; 1Ch 14:2; מ ׳הֵקִים על 1Ki 14:14; Deu 28:36; י עַלכִּֿסֵּא ׳יָשַׁב ׳לְמ וגו ׳תַּחַת 1Ch 29:23, compare Pro 20:8; לְמ עַלכִּֿסֵּא ׳נָתַן ׳לְי אלהיך2Ch 9:8.
d. מַעֲדַנֵּימֶֿלךְ Gen 49:20 royal dainties, figurative; הַמּ ׳מִשְׁתֵּה 1Sa 25:36 royal feast (in simile); הַמּ ׳אֶבֶן 2Sa 14:26 king's weight; ׳יַדהַֿמּ 1Ki 10:13 royal bounty (in simile); הַמּ ׳גִּזֵּי Amo 7:1 king's mowings; מ ׳מִקְדַּשׁ Amo 7:13 royal sanctuary; מַלְכָּם עֲטֶרֶת 2Sa 12:30 crown of their king = 1Ch 20:2 (but read ᵐ5 מִלְכֹּם We Klo Dr Kit Kau — not Bu KitChr. 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 GrayProp. N. 147); — 1Sa 14:49; 1Sa 31:2; 1Ch 8:33; 1Ch 9:39; 1Ch 10:2 (in Chronicles מַלְכִּישֿׁוּעַ). ᵐ5 Μελχεισα, Μελχεσουε, etc.