Lexicon / H4427a
מָלַךְ
ma.lakh
  • to reign
  • be
  • become king
  • queen
  • reign

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: to reign

1) to be or become king or queen, reign

1a) (Qal) to be or become king or queen, reign

1b) (Hiphil) to make one king or queen, cause to reign

1c) (Hophal) to be made king or queen

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: be; become king; queen; reign

Root √מלך: מלך בַּעַל מָלַךְ מְלַךְ Arabic Ethiopic malâku Syriac possess, own exclusively counsel, advise counsellor (√ of foll.; mng. dub.; Thes comp. Ar. cf. Eth.so Bae Rel. 144 (cf.), and Nö ZMG xi. 1886, 727; Lyon Bib. Sacr. Apr. 1884 Dl Prol. 30 al. comp. As. Dl HWB 412, BH and NH, Aram. whence king as orig. he whose opinion is decisive).

מָלַךְ vb. denom be become king queen reign Qal be king reign 296(become), Hiph make king queen cause to reign . or, Hoph Dn 9:1 .. 346. or, or,