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Aramaic
Etymology
Compare Hebrew מַלְכוּת (malkhút, malḵūṯ).
Noun
מַלְכוּתָא • (malḵūṯā) f (plural מַלְכְוָתָא (malḵəwāṯā), absolutive מַלְכוּ (malḵū), construct מַלְכוּת (malḵūṯ))
- kingship
Tanach, Daniel 4:26, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:לִקְצָת יַרְחִין תְּרֵי־עֲשַׂר עַל־הֵיכַל מַלְכוּתָא דִּי בָבֶל מְהַלֵּךְ הֲוָה׃- liqṣāṯ yarḥīn tərē-ʿăśar ʿal-hēḵal malḵūṯā dī ḇā́ḇel məhallēḵ hăwā.
- At the end of twelve months he was walking upon the royal palace of Babylon.
- reign, rule
Tanach, Ezra 4:24, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:בֵּאדַיִן בְּטֵלַת עֲבִידַת בֵּית־אֱלָהָא דִּי בִּירוּשְׁלֶם וַהֲוָת בָּטְלָא עַד שְׁנַת תַּרְתֵּין לְמַלְכוּת דָּרְיָוֶשׁ מֶלֶךְ־פָּרָס׃- bēḏáyin bəṭēlaṯ ʿăḇīḏaṯ bēṯ-ʾĕlāhā dī bīrūšəlem wahăwāṯ bāṭəlā ʿaḏ šənaṯ tartēn ləmalḵūṯ dārəyā́weš méleḵ-pārās.
- Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
- kingdom
Tanach, Daniel 2:39, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וּבָתְרָךְ תְּקוּם מַלְכוּ אָחֳרִי ארעא (אֲרַע) מִנָּךְ וּמַלְכוּ תליתיא (תְלִיתָאָה) אָחֳרִי דִּי נְחָשָׁא דִּי תִשְׁלַט בְּכָל־אַרְעָא׃- ūḇāṯərāḵ təqūm malḵū ʾoḥŏrī ʾăraʿ minnāḵ ūmalḵū ṯəlīṯāʾā ʾoḥŏrī dī nəḥāšā dī ṯišlaṭ bəḵol-ʾarʿā.
- And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
- realm
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