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title: מַלְכִּיָּה — Malchiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַלְכִּיָּה (4441), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: Malchiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַלְכִּיָּה

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«מַלְכִּיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Malchiah** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 4441 · **BDB:** מַלְכִּיָּהוּ

### Glosses

Malkijah (10); of.Malkijah (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Malchiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4441/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4441/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (only Je 38:6), מַלְכִּיָּה n.pr.m. (my king is Yah;) cf. GrayProp. N. 119 f., 146 al.;—𝔊 Μελχ(ε)ια(ς).— father of Pashhur Je 21:1; 38:1, cf. 1 Ch 9:12 (priest), Ne 11:12. a prince Je 38:6. priests: I Ch 24:9. Ne 12:42. one of the sealed Ne 10:4; perhaps also 8:4. a Levite 1 Ch 6:25. various men: Ezr 10:25a. Ezr 10:25b. Ezr 10:31 = Ne 3:11. Ne 3:14. Ne 3:31.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַלְכִּיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4441/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.4/)

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פַּשְׁח֥וּר אֲמַרְיָ֖ה מַלְכִּיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* Pashhur Amariah Malkijah

*JPS 1917:* Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah;

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[1 Chronicles 6:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.25/)

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בֶּן־מִיכָאֵ֥ל בֶּן־בַּעֲשֵׂיָ֖ה בֶּן־מַלְכִּיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.son of.Michael the.son of.Baaseiah the.son of.Malkijah

*JPS 1917:* the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah;

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