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title: מָלַךְ — counsel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָלַךְ (lemma:מָלַךְ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: counsel. BDB 1906: vb. counsel, advise. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָלַךְ

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«מָלַךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **counsel** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:מָלַךְ · **BDB:** מָלַךְ²

### Glosses

it.considered (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

counsel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5dc_5b7_5da_5b0/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. counsel, advise [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5dc_5b7_5da_5b0/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. counsel, advise (loan-wd. from Aramaic ܡܠܰܟ, מְלַךְ; cf. Assyrian malâku, DlHWB 412);—only (so NH) Impf. וַיִּמָּלֵךְ לִבִּי עָלַי i.e. I considered carefully, Ne 5:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָלַךְ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5dc_5b7_5da_5b0/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 5:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.5.7/)

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וַיִּמָּלֵ֨ךְ לִבִּ֜י עָלַ֗י וָאָרִ֙יבָה֙ אֶת־הַחֹרִ֣ים וְאֶת־הַסְּגָנִ֔ים וָאֹמְרָ֣ה לָהֶ֔ם מַשָּׁ֥אאִישׁ־בְּאָחִ֖יו אַתֶּ֣ם נשאיםוָאֶתֵּ֥ן עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם קְהִלָּ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.considered heart my with me and I contended with the nobles and with the officials and I said to them usury each on brother his you \[are\].lending and I.made on them an.assembly great

*JPS 1917:* Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them: 'Ye lend upon pledge, every one to his brother.' And I held a great assembly against them.

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