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title: מֹלֶךְ — Molech. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֹלֶךְ (4432), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Molech. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.div. Molech. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֹלֶךְ

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«מֹלֶךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Molech. Compare** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 4432 · **BDB:** מֹ֫לֶךְ

### Glosses

Molech (8)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Molech. Compare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4432/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.div. Molech [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4432/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.div. Molech (𝔊 Μολοχ, 𝔙 Moloch) ( = מֶלֶךְ i.e. (divine) King, with vowels of בֹּשֶׁת to denote abhorrence, HoffmZAW iii. 1883, 124 RSSem i. 353; 2nd ed. 372; cf. Hoffm GGAbh. xxxvi. 1890 (May, 1889), 25; Ph. n. pr. div. מלך Milk, in n.pr. cf. Bloch, Dr Dt 222 f.);—c. art. הַמּ׳:—the god to whom Isr. sacrif. children with fire (in valley of Hinnom); העביר בָּאֵשׁ לַמּ׳ 2 K 23:10; העביר לַמּ׳ Je 32:35 (‖ הַבַּעַל), Lv 18:21 (H); נתן לַמּ׳ Lv 20:2, 3, 4 (H); more gen. לִזְנוֹת אַחֲרֵי הַמּ׳ v 5 (H). In 1 K 11:7 read prob. מִלְכֹּם, q.v.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֹלֶךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4432/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 18:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.18.21/)

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וּמִֽזַּרְעֲךָ֥ לֹא־תִתֵּ֖ן לְהַעֲבִ֣יר לַמֹּ֑לֶךְ וְלֹ֧א תְחַלֵּ֛ל אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and any of your.offspring not you.will.give to make.pass to (the) Molech and not you.will.profane (et) the.name your.God your I \[am\].Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to set them apart to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

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[1 Kings 11:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.11.7/)

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אָז֩ יִבְנֶ֨ה שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה בָּמָ֗ה לִכְמוֹשׁ֙ שִׁקֻּ֣ץ מוֹאָ֔ב בָּהָ֕ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וּלְמֹ֕לֶךְ שִׁקֻּ֖ץ בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* then he.built Solomon a.high.place for Chemosh the.detestable.thing of.Moab on the mountain which \[is\].on the.face of.Jerusalem and for Molech the.detestable.thing of.the.people of.Ammon

*JPS 1917:* Then did Solomon build a high place for Chemosh the detestation of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestation of the children of Ammon.

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