מַלְכָּה
malkâh · mal-kaw'
a queen
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H4428 (מֶלֶךְ);
a queen
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: queen.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads of the open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַלְכָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
35 occurrences · 35 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the queen17 · 49%
- and when the queen4 · 11%
- unto the queen2 · 6%
- of the queen2 · 6%
- as these which the queen1 · 3%
- as the queen1 · 3%
- to the queen1 · 3%
- but the queen1 · 3%
- it her. then was the queen1 · 3%
- unto her, what wilt thou, queen1 · 3%
- queen1 · 3%
- and the queen1 · 3%
- queens1 · 3%
- her; yea, the queens1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.