--- title: מַמְלָכָה — kingdom · The Tanakh dictionary description: מַמְלָכָה (4467), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 117 times: kingdom. BDB 1906: n.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4467.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-5.md)‎ / מַמְלָכָה‎ # מַמְלָכָה «מַמְלָכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **kingdom** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 117 times · **Key:** 4467 · **BDB:** מַמְלָכָה ### Glosses kingdom (35); kingdoms (21); the.kingdoms (19) ### Meaning (OSHB) kingdom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4467/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4467/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.f. kingdom, sovereignty, dominion, reign;—abs. מ׳ Jos 10:2 +; cstr. מַמְלֶ֫כֶת Ex 19:6 + 11 times (incl. Mi 4:8 before לְ); sf. מַמְלַכְתִּי Gn 20:9 +, etc.; pl. מַמְלָכוֹת Dt 3:21 +; cstr. מַמְלְכוֹת Dt 28:25 +;— kingdom, realm, chiefly non-Isr.: Gn 10:10 (J), 20:9 (E), Nu 32:33(×2) (P), Dt 3:4, 10, 13, 21; 28:25 Jos 11:10 (D), 1 S 10:18 1 K 5:1; 10:20; 18:10(×2) (both ‖ גּוֹי), Is 10:10 1 Ch 16:20 = ψ 105:13 (‖ עַם and גּוֹי), ψ 135:11 Is 14:16; 19:2(×2), 23:11 2 Ch 9:19; 14:4; 29:21; 32:15 (‖ גּוֹי), Ne 9:22 (‖ עַם), ψ 46:7 (‖ גוֹי), 79:6 (‖ id.), 102:23 (‖ עַם), Is 60:12 (‖ גּוֹי), so Je 1:10; 18:7, 9; 27:8; 28:8; Je 49:28; 51:20, 27 Am 6:2 Na 3:5 Zp 3:8 Hg 2:22 Ez 17:14; 29:14, 15; 37:22; מַמְלְכוֹת הַגּוֹיִם 2 Ch 20:6, cf. Is 13:4; מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ 2 K 19:15, 19 = Is 37:16, 20, 2 Ch 36:23 = Ezr 1:2, ψ 68:33 Is 23:17 Je 15:4; 24:9; 25:26; 29:18; 34:1, 17; מַמְלְכוֹת הָֽאֲרָצוֹת 1 Ch 29:30 2 Ch 12:8; 17:10; 20:29; of Isr. Am 9:8 Dt 17:20 2 S 3:28 La 2:2 2 Ch 21:4; cf. מַמְלֶכֶת כֹּהֲנִים Ex 19:6 (‖ גּוֹי קָדוֹשׁ); of Mess. king Is 9:6; צְבִי מַמְלָכוֹת (of Babylon) Is 13:19, גְּבֶרֶת מ׳ (id.) 47:5; מִשְׁפְּחֹת מַמְלְכוֹת צָפ֫וֹנָה Je 1:15. sovereignty, dominion 1 S 13:14 (Isr.; c. תָּקוּם), cf. 24:21; 2 Ch 13:8 מ׳ י׳ בְּיַד בְּנֵי דָּוִיד; לְךָ י׳ הַמַּמ׳ 1 Ch 29:11; חָֽזְקָה בְּיַד 2 K 14:5; ח׳ עַל 2 Ch 25:3 הֶהֱזִיק בְּיַד 2 K 15:19 cf. 2 Ch 22:9; הֵכִין מ׳ אֶל (subj. י׳) 1 S 13:13 (Isr.), cf. 2 S 7:12, 16 (‖ בַּיִת); 2 Ch 17:5 (בְּיַד) cf. 1 K 2:46 (נָכוֹנָה בְּיַד); נִשֵּׂא מ׳ (subj. י׳ 2 S 5:12; נָתַן מ׳ לְדָוִד עַל (subj. י׳) 2 Ch 13:5, cf. 21:3; קָרַע הַמּ׳ מִן (subj. י׳) 1 S 28:17 (Isr.) 1 K 11:11 (sq. מֵעַל), v 31; 14:8; מִן om. 11:13; לָקַח מִיָּדוֹ 11:34 (or = kingdom?), הֶעֱבִיר מ׳ מִן (subj. י׳), 2 S 3:10 (Isr.); נִשְׁבַּת מ׳ מִן Is 17:3; cf. תָּשׁוּב הַמּ׳ לְ 1 K 12;12:26; עדיך תאתה ובאה … מ׳ Mi 4:8; הֵשִׁיב מ׳ לְ 2 Ch 11:1; כִּסֵּא מ׳ Dt 17:18 (Isr.; יָשַׁב עַל), 2 S 7:13 (כֹּנֵן י׳), 1 K 9:5 (הֵקִים י׳) 2 Ch 23:20, כִּסֵּא מַמְלָכוֹת Hg 2:22; בֵּית מ׳ royal house Am 7:13; עָרֵי הַמּ׳ royal cities Jos 10:2 cf. 1 S 27:5; זֶרַע הַמּ׳ royal seed, children, 2 K 11:1 = 2 Ch 22:10. reign, בְּרֵאשִׁית מ׳ Je 27:1; 28:1 in the beginning of the reign of (cf. מַלְכוּת 2, מַמְלָכוּת 3). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 113 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «מַמְלָכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4467/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 46:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.46.7/) הָמ֣וּ ג֭וֹיִםמָ֣טוּ מַמְלָכ֑וֹת נָתַ֥ן בְּ֝קוֹל֗וֹ תָּמ֥וּג אָֽרֶץ׃ *Word for word:* they.were.in.a.tumult nations they.shook kingdoms he.gave.forth with voice his it.melted \[the\].earth *JPS 1917:* Nations were in tumult, kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted. [Psalms 68:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.33/) מַמְלְכ֣וֹת הָ֭אָרֶץ שִׁ֣ירוּ לֵאלֹהִ֑ים זַמְּר֖וּ אֲדֹנָ֣י סֶֽלָה׃ *Word for word:* O.kingdoms of the.earth sing to God sing.praises.to Lord \[the\] Selah *JPS 1917:* Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah - ← previous: [מִמְכֶּרֶת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4466.md) - next →: [מַמְלָכוּת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4468.md) - ↑ back to [מ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1502-5.md)