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# מַלְכָּם

Biblical Hebrew

**Malcham** — used 2 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

Malcham [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5dc_5b0_5db_5b8_5bc_5dd/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַלְכָּם: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5dc_5b0_5db_5b8_5bc_5dd/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. a Benjamite 1 Ch 8:9. 𝔊B Μελχας, A Μελχαμ, 𝔊L Μελχομ. On Je 49:1, 3 Zp 1:5 v. מִלְכֹּם.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: king (2).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 49:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.1/#tree)

לִבְנֵ֣י עַמּ֗וֹן כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הֲבָנִ֥ים אֵין֙ לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִם־יוֹרֵ֖שׁ אֵ֣ין ל֑וֹ מַדּ֗וּעַ יָרַ֤שׁ מַלְכָּם֙ אֶת־גָּ֔ד וְעַמּ֖וֹ בְּעָרָ֥יו יָשָֽׁב׃

*Word for word:* of the.people of.Ammon thus he.says Yahweh ? children \[do\].there.not.\[belong\] to Israel or? an.heir \[does\].there.not.\[belong\] to it why? has.he.dispossessed king their (et) Gad and people his in cities its has.it.dwelt?

*JPS 1917:* Of the children of Ammon. Thus saith the LORD: Hath Israel no sons? Hath he no heir? Why then doth Malcam take possession of Gad, and his people dwell in the cities thereof?

[Jeremiah 49:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.3/#tree)

הֵילִ֨ילִי חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹן כִּ֣י שֻׁדְּדָה־עַ֗י צְעַקְנָה֮ בְּנ֣וֹת רַבָּה֒ חֲגֹ֣רְנָה שַׂקִּ֔ים סְפֹ֕דְנָה וְהִתְשׁוֹטַ֖טְנָה בַּגְּדֵר֑וֹת כִּ֤י מַלְכָּם֙ בַּגּוֹלָ֣ה יֵלֵ֔ךְ כֹּהֲנָ֥יו וְשָׂרָ֖יו יַחְדָּֽיו׃

*Word for word:* wail O.Heshbon (dm) it.has.been.devastated Ai cry.out O.daughters of.Rabbah gird.yourselves sackcloth(s) mourn and run.to.and.fro among the walls (dm) king their in (the) exile he.will.go priests his and officials his together

*JPS 1917:* Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is undone; cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro among the folds; for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5dc_5b0_5db_5b8_5bc_5dd.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b7_5dc_5b0_5db_5b8_5bc_5dd/): 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).