[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%94/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [Biblical Hebrew](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/) / [מ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/mem/)‎ / מְלוּכָה‎

# מְלוּכָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4410

**kingship** — used 24 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

kingship [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4410/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְלוּכָה: n.f. kingship, royalty [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4410/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. kingship, royalty;—מ׳ abs. 1 S 10:16 + 23 times;—kingship, kingly office, royalty: 1 S 10:16, 25; 11:14; 18:8 1 K 2:15(×2) 22; 11:35 1 Ch 10:14 Is 34:12; belonging to י׳ Ob 21 ψ 22:29 (‖ וּמשֵׁל בַּגּוֹיִם); לָכַד מ׳ עַל 1 S 14:47 assume sovereignty over; נָתַן מ׳ בְּיַד 2 S 16:8 give kingship to (subj. י׳); הֵשִׁיב מ׳ ל׳ 1 K 12:21 restore kingship to; עָשָׂה מ׳ על 1 K 21:7 exercise kingship over; metaph. of Jerus. וַתִּצְלְחִי לִמְלוּכָה Ez 16:13 (del. 𝔊 Co); עִיר הַמ׳ 2 S 12:26 = royal city; cf. כִּסֵּא הַמ׳ 1 K 1:46; זֶרַע הַמ׳ 2 K 25:25 so Je 41:1 Ez 17:13 Dn 1:3; צְנִו֯ף מ׳ Is 62:3 (‖ עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: kingship (14); royalty (6); the kingship (2).

## In the verses

[1 Kings 1:46](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.1.46/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.1.46/#tree)

וְגַם֙ יָשַׁ֣ב שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה עַ֖ל כִּסֵּ֥א הַמְּלוּכָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and also he.has.sat Solomon on the.throne of.(the) royalty

*JPS 1917:* And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.

[Psalms 22:29](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.29/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.29/#tree)

כִּ֣י לַ֭יהוָה הַמְּלוּכָ֑ה וּ֝מֹשֵׁ֗ל בַּגּוֹיִֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[belongs\].to Yahweh the kingship and \[he.is\].ruling over the nations

*JPS 1917:* For the kingdom is the LORD'S; and He is the ruler over the nations.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4410.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4410/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).