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title: מְלוּכָה — kingship · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְלוּכָה (4410), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 24 times: kingship. BDB 1906: n.f. kingship, royalty. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְלוּכָה

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«מְלוּכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **kingship** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 24 times · **Key:** 4410 · **BDB:** מְלוּכָה

### Glosses

kingship (14); royalty (6); the.kingship (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

kingship [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4410/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. kingship, royalty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4410/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. kingship, royalty;—מ׳ abs. 1 S 10:16 + 23 times;—kingship, kingly office, royalty: 1 S 10:16, 25; 11:14; 18:8 1 K 2:15(×2) 22; 11:35 1 Ch 10:14 Is 34:12; belonging to י׳ Ob 21 ψ 22:29 (‖ וּמשֵׁל בַּגּוֹיִם); לָכַד מ׳ עַל 1 S 14:47 assume sovereignty over; נָתַן מ׳ בְּיַד 2 S 16:8 give kingship to (subj. י׳); הֵשִׁיב מ׳ ל׳ 1 K 12:21 restore kingship to; עָשָׂה מ׳ על 1 K 21:7 exercise kingship over; metaph. of Jerus. וַתִּצְלְחִי לִמְלוּכָה Ez 16:13 (del. 𝔊 Co); עִיר הַמ׳ 2 S 12:26 = royal city; cf. כִּסֵּא הַמ׳ 1 K 1:46; זֶרַע הַמ׳ 2 K 25:25 so Je 41:1 Ez 17:13 Dn 1:3; צְנִו֯ף מ׳ Is 62:3 (‖ עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְלוּכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4410/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 1:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.1.46/)

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וְגַם֙ יָשַׁ֣ב שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה עַ֖ל כִּסֵּ֥א הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and also he.has.sat Solomon on the.throne of.(the) royalty

*JPS 1917:* And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.

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[Psalms 22:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.29/)

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כִּ֣י לַ֭יהוָה הַמְּלוּכָ֑ה וּ֝מֹשֵׁ֗ל בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[belongs\].to Yahweh the kingship and \[he.is\].ruling over the nations

*JPS 1917:* For the kingdom is the LORD'S; and He is the ruler over the nations.

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