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Aramaic
Etymology
Compare Classical Syriac ܡܠܐܟܐ, Arabic مَلْأَك (malʔak) and Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (malʾāḵ).
Noun
מַלְאֲכָא • (malʾăḵā) m (plural מַלְאָכַיָּא)
- angel
Tanach, Daniel 3:28, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:עָנֵה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר וְאָמַר בְּרִיךְ אֱלָהֲהוֹן דִּי־שַׁדְרַךְ מֵישַׁךְ וַעֲבֵד נְגוֹ דִּי־שְׁלַח מַלְאֲכֵהּ וְשֵׁיזִב לְעַבְדוֹהִי דִּי הִתְרְחִצוּ עֲלוֹהִי- ʿānē nəḇūḵaḏneṣṣar wəʾāmar bərīḵ ʾĕlāhăhōn dī-šaḏraḵ mēšaḵ waʿăḇēḏ nəḡō dī-šəlaḥ malʾăḵēh wəšēziḇ ləʿaḇḏṓhī dī hiṯrəḥíṣū ʿălṓhī
- Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said: ‘Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent His angel, and delivered His servants that trusted in Him; ’
- messenger
Inflection