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title: מִלכֹּם — Milcom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִלכֹּם (lemma:מִלכֹּם), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Milcom. BDB 1906: n.pr.div. Milcom. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִלכֹּם

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«מִלכֹּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Milcom** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:מִלכֹּם · **BDB:** מִלְכֹּם

### Glosses

Milcom (3); king (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Milcom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5dc_5db_5b9_5bc_5dd/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.div. Milcom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5dc_5db_5b9_5bc_5dd/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.div. Milcom, god of Ammonites (cf. RSSem i. 67)—מ׳ שִׁקֻּץ עַמֹּנִים 1 K 11:5 (‖ עַשְׁתֹּרֶת); cf. מ׳ אֱלֹהֵי בְנֵי עַמּוֹן v 33 (‖ ע׳ + כְּמוֹשׁ), so read also (for MT מֹלָךְ v 7 (‖ כְּמוֹשׁ); מ׳ תּוֹעֲבַת בְּנֵי־עַמּוֹן 2 K 23:13 (‖ as 1 K 11:33); id. מִלְכֹּם also for מַלְכָּם Je 49:1, 3 (𝔊 Μελχολ, Μελχομ), cf. Gie, and Zp 1:5 (𝔖 𝔙, cf. Now), prob. 2 S 12:30 = 1 Ch 20:2 (v. מֶלֶךְ 5 d), and perhaps Am 1:15 (whence Je 49:3; cf. Dr Now;—not We GASm).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִלכֹּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b4_5dc_5db_5b9_5bc_5dd/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 11:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.11.5/)

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וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה אַחֲרֵ֣י עַשְׁתֹּ֔רֶת אֱלֹהֵ֖י צִדֹנִ֑ים וְאַחֲרֵ֣י מִלְכֹּ֔ם שִׁקֻּ֖ץ עַמֹּנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.walked Solomon after Astarte the.god of.\[the\].Sidonians and after Milcom the.detestable.thing of.\[the\].Ammonites

*JPS 1917:* For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the detestation of the Ammonites.

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[Zephaniah 1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEP.1.5/)

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וְאֶת־הַמִּשְׁתַּחֲוִ֥ים עַל־הַגַּגּ֖וֹת לִצְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְאֶת־הַמִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים֙ הַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים לַֽיהוָ֔ה וְהַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים בְּמַלְכָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and (et) \[those who\].bow.down on the roofs to the.host of the.heavens and (et) \[those who\].bow.down \[those who\].swear.an.oath to Yahweh and \[those who\].swear.an.oath by king their

*JPS 1917:* And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to the LORD and swear by Malcam;

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