מלך

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See also: מ־ל־ך

Arabic

Noun

מלך • (malik) m

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

Aramaic

Noun

מלך • (melech)

  1. 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

Noun

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

  1. king
    • Tanach, 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?
  2. (chess) king
  3. (card games) king

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Hebrew · כְּלֵי שַׁחְמָט (layout · text)
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מֶלֶךְ מַלְכָּה צְרִיחַ רָץ פָּרָשׁ רַגְלִי

References

Verb

מָלַךְ • (malákh) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to rule

Conjugation

Conjugation of מָלַךְ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
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
  1. Pronounced מָלַכְתֶּם and מָלַכְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew מֶלֶךְ (mélekh).

Noun

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

  1. king

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew מֶלֶךְ (mélekh).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. king
  2. (chess) king

Synonyms

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