מֹ֫לֶךְ
mo.lekh
- Molech
STEPBible TBESH
Glosses: Molech
§ Molech = "king"
the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom
BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Glosses: Molech
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).
מֹ֫לֶךְ n.pr.div Molech .:—the god to whom Isr. sacrif. children with fire (in valley of Hinnom)