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title: מֶלֶךְ — Melech · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶלֶךְ (4429), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Melech. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶלֶךְ

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«מֶלֶךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Melech** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4429 · **BDB:** מֶ֫לֶךְ²

### Glosses

Melech (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Melech [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4429/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4429/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Micah, a Benjamite (on מ׳ as individ. name v. GrayProp. N. 116, 112 n. 4; cf. Ph. n.pr. מלך (v. Bloch); Sab. n.pr. מלכם CIS iv. 1; Palm. n.pr. מלכו VogPalm. 92 al. Nab. id., EutNab 21, 4 al. VogNab. 1, 2);—1 Ch 8:35 (𝔊 Μελχηλ), 9:41 (𝔊 Μαλαχ; 𝔊L Μελχιηλ in both).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶלֶךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4429/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 9:41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.9.41/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י מִיכָ֑ה פִּית֥וֹן וָמֶ֖לֶךְ וְתַחְרֵֽעַ׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Micah \[were\].Pithon and Melech and Tahrea

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Taharea, and Ahaz.

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[1 Chronicles 8:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.35/)

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וּבְנֵ֖י מִיכָ֑ה פִּית֥וֹן וָמֶ֖לֶךְ וְתַאְרֵ֥עַ וְאָחָֽז׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Micah \[were\].Pithon and Melech and Tarea and Ahaz

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Micah; Pithon, and Melech, and Taarea, and Ahaz.

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