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title: מִלְכָּה — Milcah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִלְכָּה (4435), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: Milcah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִלְכָּה

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«מִלְכָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Milcah** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 4435 · **BDB:** מִלְכָּה

### Glosses

Milcah (7); of.Milcah (3); \[was\].Milcah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Milcah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4435/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4435/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. 𝔊 Μελχα ( = מַלְכָּה? NöZMG xlii. 1888, 484 comp. Ph. n. pr. deæ מלכת; cf. GrayProp. N. 116);— wife of Nahor Gn 11:29(×2), 22:20, 23; 24:15, 24, 47 (all J). daughter of Zelophehad (of Manasseh), Nu 26:33; 27:1; 36:11 Jos 17:3 (all P).—Perhaps orig. town-name, Grayl.c.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִלְכָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4435/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 22:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.22.23/)

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וּבְתוּאֵ֖ל יָלַ֣ד אֶת־רִבְקָ֑ה שְׁמֹנָ֥ה אֵ֙לֶּה֙ יָלְדָ֣ה מִלְכָּ֔ה לְנָח֖וֹר אֲחִ֥י אַבְרָהָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and Bethuel he.fathered (et) Rebekah eight.\[sons\] these she.bore Milcah to Nahor the.brother of.Abraham

*JPS 1917:* And Bethuel begot Rebekah; these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

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[Genesis 24:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.24/)

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וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו בַּת־בְּתוּאֵ֖ל אָנֹ֑כִי בֶּן־מִלְכָּ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָלְדָ֖ה לְנָחֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* and she.said to him \[am\].the.daughter of.Bethuel I the.son of.Milcah whom she.bore to Nahor

*JPS 1917:* And she said unto him: 'I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore unto Nahor.'

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