• [ מְלַח S 4415, 4416 TWOT 2828, 2828a ] vb. denom. c. acc. cogn ., eat salt ;— Pe. Pf.
1 pl. מְלַחְנָא Ezr 4:14 we have eaten the salt of the palace (so most), i.e. have assumed obligations of loyalty, cf. M 69 K § 71, 2 (and Syriac ˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜
( ˒etmalaḥ ) be intimate with PS 2134); Str (after Nes MM 30 f.) thinks n. c. sf .: our salt is
the salt of the palace .
מלך ( √ of following, v. BH ) .
מֶ֫לֶךְ S 4428, 4429, 4430 TWOT 1199a, 2829a GK 4889, 4890178 n.m. king ( general Sem.; v.
BH ) ;— מ׳ abs. Dn 2:10 + 2 times; cstr. 4:34 + 6 times; usually emph. מַלְכָּא
Ezr 4:8 + 154 times, ה — Dn 2:1 1; pl. מַלְכִין Ezr 4:15 + 9 times, ים — 4:13
(Hebraism, BeRy M 41 ); emph. מַלְכַיָּא Dn 2:44 + 2 times;— king Dn 2: 4, 5 +
132 times Dn, Ezr 4:8 , 11 + 42 times Ezr ( מֶלֶךְ מַלְכַיָּא of Neb. Dn 2:37 , of
Artax.
Ezr 7:12
[
cf.
Cooke
71, 3, of Xerxes];
מַלְכִין
Dn 7:17
=
kingdoms,
cf.
מַלְכוּ
v
2
3).
• [ מַלְכָּה S 4433, 4436 TWOT 1199b, 2829b GK 4893 ] n.f. queen ;—emph. מַלְכְּתָא Dn 5:10 (×2).
• מַלְכוּ S 4437 TWOT 2829c n.f. royalty, reign, kingdom ;— abs. מ׳ Dn 2:39 +;
cstr. מַלְכוּת Ezr 4:24 +; emph. -תָא Dn 2:37 +, -תָה 2:4 4; sf. -תִי 4:15 +, - תֵהּ 3:33 +, -תָךְ 4:23 +; pl. cstr. מַלְכְוָת 7:2 7; emph. -וָתָא 2:4 4; 7:23 ;— 1.
royalty, kingship, kingly authority: Dn 4:2 3, 28 , 33 ; הֵיכַל מ׳ v 2 6, בֵּית מ׳ v
27 , כָּרְסֵא מ׳ 5:2 0. 2. organized (world-) kingdom: 2:39 ( ×2 ) , 40 , 41 , 42 , 44 ;
7:23
(×2),
24
,
27
;
מ׳ אֲנָשָׁא
4:1
4,
22
,
29
;
5:21
; of specif. kings
2:37
;
5:18
,
28
;
6:1
;
acc. cogn. acc. . of cognate meaning with verb. PS R. Payne Smith, Thesaurus Syriacus. BeRy Bertheaus Comm., ed. by Ryssel.
Neb Nebuchadnezzar.
I.