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title: מַמְלָכוּת — kingdom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַמְלָכוּת (4468), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: kingdom. BDB 1906: n.f. kingdom, dominion, reign. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַמְלָכוּת

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«מַמְלָכוּת» 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.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 4468 · **BDB:** מַמְלָכוּת

### Glosses

the.kingdom (4); of.the.kingdom (2); the.kingship (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

kingdom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4468/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. kingdom, dominion, reign [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4468/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. kingdom, dominion, reign (on form cf. We 1 S 15:28 Drad loc. id.);—cstr. מַמְלְכוּת Jos 13:12 + 8 times; kingdom of Og Jos 13:12, 30, 31; of Sihon v 21, 27. dominion, royal power c. קָרַע מֵעַל (subj. י׳) 1 S 15:28; c. הֵשִׁיב לְ (hum. subj.) 2 S 16:3; c. הִשְׁבִּית Ho 1:4. reign בְּרֵאשִׁית מַמ׳ Je 26:1 (cf. מַמְלָכָה 3, מַלְכוּת 2).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 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 «מַמְלָכוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4468/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 26:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.26.1/)

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בְּרֵאשִׁ֗ית מַמְלְכ֛וּת יְהוֹיָקִ֥ים בֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה הָיָה֙ הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֔ה מֵאֵ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* in the.beginning of.the.kingship of.Jehoiakim the.son of.Josiah the.king of.Judah it.came the word (the) this from with Yahweh (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, came this word from the LORD, saying:

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[Joshua 13:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.13.30/)

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וַיְהִ֣י גְבוּלָ֗ם מִמַּחֲנַ֨יִם כָּֽל־הַבָּשָׁ֜ן כָּֽל־מַמְלְכ֣וּת ׀ ע֣וֹג מֶֽלֶךְ־הַבָּשָׁ֗ן וְכָל־חַוֺּ֥ת יָאִ֛יר אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּבָּשָׁ֖ן שִׁשִּׁ֥ים עִֽיר׃

*Word for word:* and it.was territory their from Mahanaim all (the) Bashan all the.kingdom of.Og the.king of.(the) Bashan and all the.villages of.Jair which \[are\].in (the) Bashan sixty citi\[es\]

*JPS 1917:* And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the villages of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities;

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