Lexicon / H4436
מַלְכָּה
mal.kah
  • Queen (of Sheba)
  • queen

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Queen (of Sheba); queen

A queen of the country Sheba (H7614J) living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.10.1

Combined with she.va (שְׁבָא " of Sheba" H7614J)

§ queen

queen

Aramaic equivalent: mal.kah (מַלְכָּה "queen" H4433)

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: queen

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).

מַלְכָּה n.f queen 35.