מלך

See also: מ־ל־ך‎

Arabic

Noun

מלך • (malik) m

Judeo-Arabic spelling of مَلِك‎ (malik, “king”)‎‎
- Exodus 1:8 in Saadia Gaon's Tafsir (circa 10th century)
  ‏וקאם מלך גׄדיד עלי מצר מן לם ישאהד יוסף׃‎‎
  waqāma malikun jadīdun ʿalā miṣra man lam yušāhid yūsufa.
  And a new king arose over Egypt who had not witnessed Joseph.

Aramaic

Noun

מלך • (melech)

inflection of מַלְכָּא‎:
1. absolute
2. construct state

Hebrew

Root
מ־ל־ך‎ (m-l-k)

FWOTD – 20 July 2014

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *malk-. Cognate to Aramaic מַלְכָּא‎ (malkā, “king”), Arabic مَلِك‎ (malik, “king”) and Akkadian 𒂷𒆪 (malku, “prince”).

Pronunciation

(מֶלֶךְ, mélekh):
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛː.lɛx/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈme.leχ/
(מָלַךְ, malákh):
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /mɔːˈlax/
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /maˈlaχ/

Noun

מֶלֶךְ • (mélekh) m (plural indefinite מְלָכִים‎, singular construct מֶלֶךְ־, plural construct מַלְכֵי־‎, feminine counterpart מַלְכָּה‎, Biblical Hebrew pausal form מֶלֶךְ) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

king
- Exodus 1:17, with translation of the King James Version:
  ‏[…] וְלֹא עָשׂוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶן מֶלֶךְ מִצְרָיִם […]‎
  […] v'ló asú ka'ashér dibér aleihén mélekh mitsráyim […]
  […] and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them […]
- 1994, The Lion King, spoken by Simba (Doron Ben-Ami):
  ‏היי דוד סקאר, כשאהיה מלך, מה אתה תהיה?‎‎
  Hey Dod Skar, kshe'éye mélech, ma atá tíye?
  Hey Uncle Scar, when I'm King, what'll that make you?
(chess) king
(card games) king

Declension

Declension of מֶלֶךְ

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
	State	Form	Person	m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	מֶלֶךְ	first	מַלְכִּי‎		מַלְכֵּנוּ‎
	definite	הַמֶּלֶךְ‎	second	מַלְכְּךָ‎	מַלְכֵּךְ‎	מַלְכְּכֶם‎	מַלְכְּכֶן‎
	construct	מֶלֶךְ־	third	מַלְכּוֹ‎	מַלְכָּהּ‎	מַלְכָּם‎	מַלְכָּן‎
plural	indefinite	מְלָכִים‎	first	מלכיי / מְלָכַי‎		מְלָכֵינוּ‎
	definite	הַמְּלָכִים‎	second	מְלָכֶיךָ‎	מלכייך / מְלָכַיִךְ‎	מַלְכֵיכֶם‎	מַלְכֵיכֶן‎
	construct	מַלְכֵי־‎	third	מְלָכָיו‎	מְלָכֶיהָ‎	מַלְכֵיהֶם‎	מַלְכֵיהֶן‎

Derived terms

בֵּן מֶלֶךְ‎ (bén mélech)
מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים‎

References

H4428 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Verb

מָלַךְ • (malákh) (pa'al construction)

to rule

Conjugation

Conjugation of מָלַךְ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: למלוך / לִמְלֹךְ‎ action noun: — passive participle: —
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	מָלַכְתִּי‎		מָלַכְנוּ‎
	second	מָלַכְתָּ‎	מָלַכְתְּ‎	מְלַכְתֶּם‎¹	מְלַכְתֶּן‎¹
	third	מָלַךְ	מָלְכָה‎	מָלְכוּ‎
present		מוֹלֵךְ‎	מוֹלֶכֶת‎	מוֹלְכִים‎	מוֹלְכוֹת‎
future	first	אמלוך / אֶמְלֹךְ‎		נמלוך / נִמְלֹךְ‎
	second	תמלוך / תִּמְלֹךְ‎	תִּמְלְכִי‎	תִּמְלְכוּ‎	תמלוכנה / תִּמְלֹכְנָה‎²
	third	ימלוך / יִמְלֹךְ‎	תמלוך / תִּמְלֹךְ‎	יִמְלְכוּ‎	תמלוכנה / תִּמְלֹכְנָה‎²
imperative		מלוך / מְלֹךְ‎	מִלְכִי‎	מִלְכוּ‎	מלוכנה / מְלֹכְנָה‎²
notes		Pronounced מָלַכְתֶּם‎ and מָלַכְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

H4427 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew מֶלֶךְ‎ (mélekh).

Noun

מלך m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling meleh, plural מלכים‎)

king

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew מֶלֶךְ‎ (mélekh).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ͡ɪləχ/

Noun

מלך • (meylekh) m, plural מלכים‎ (melokhem)

king
(chess) king

Synonyms

קיניג‎ (kinig)

Related terms

מלכּה‎ (malke)

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