מַלְכָּה
malkâh · H4436 · Hebrew · 35 occurrences
Person
Meanings
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queen
Female, foreign ruler of a nation or area
Examples1 Kings 10:1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon in relation to the name of the LORD, she came to test him with riddles.
1 Kings 10:4 When the queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
1 Kings 10:10 Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, and a very large amount of balsam oil and precious stones. Never again did such a large quantity of balsam oil come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
8 occurrences in 1 groups
- שְׁבָאSheba 8
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שִׁשִּׁיםsixty 1
Named alongside itApposition
20 occurrences in 2 groups
- אֶסְתֵּרEsther 14
- וַשְׁתִּיVashti 6
What it doesIt is the subject
8 occurrences in 5 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 2
- רָאָהto see 2
- שָׁמַעto hear, to listen, to obey 2
- חוּלto tremble, to writhe 1
- מָאֵןto refuse 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כָּבַשׁto subdue, to bring into subjection 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הֵםthey, them 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- לto/for 4
- בin/on/with 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 2
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- βασίλισσα basílissa · G938 · queen
- Greek βασίλισσα is the direct translation equivalent of Hebrew מַלְכָּה, both denoting a female royal sovereign or consort with identical semantic range.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Leaders001001003005
- מַלְכָּה denotes a queen, illustrated at 1 Kings 10:1 (the queen of Sheba) and 1 Kings 10:4 ("when the queen of Sheba perceived all the wisdom of Solomon").
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4436. malkah מַלְכָּה35 noun feminine queen: — absolute ׳מ Est 1:9 24t. Esther;…
מַלְכָּה35 noun feminine queen: — absolute ׳מ Est 1:9 24t. Esther; construct מַלְכַּת 1Ki 10:1 1Ki 10:7t.; plural מְלָכוֺת Son 6:8-9, — queen of Sheba 1Ki 10:1, 1Ki 10:4, 1Ki 10:10, 1Ki 10:13 2Ch 9:1; 2Ch 9:3; 2Ch 9:9; 2Ch 9:12 of Persia, Vashti Est 1:9 Est 1:7t. Esther 1; Esther Est 2:22 Est 2:16t. Esther 4-9 (in Esther mostly apposition of proper name; it precedes proper name Est 1:12, Est 1:15; follows proper name Est 1:9 Est 1:17t.); of Israel queens only plural and only Son 6:8-9, (both || מִּילַגְשִׁים). compare גְּבִירָה.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
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