מלאך

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
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

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /malˈ(ʔ)aχ/

Noun

מַלְאָךְ • (mal'ákh) m (plural indefinite מַלְאָכִים‎, singular construct מַלְאַךְ־, plural construct מַלְאֲכֵי־‎)

angel
(rare) messenger

Declension

Declension of מַלְאָךְ

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
	State	Form	Person	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

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

Yiddish: מלאך‎ (malekh)
→ Ancient Greek: ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel”) (semantic loan) (see there for further descendants)
→ Kermanic: (learned)
Isfahani: malāx
→ Tat: малах (learned)

Anagrams

מאכל‎

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew מלאך‎.

Noun

מלאך m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling malah, plural מלאכים‎)

angel

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מַלְאָךְ‎ (mal'ákh).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmaɫəχ/
Hyphenation: מ‧לאך

Noun

מלאך • (malekh) m, plural מלאכים‎ (malokhem)

angel

Synonyms

(rare) ענגעל‎ (engel)

References

Paul Abelson (1915), “angel”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press

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