H4441

מַלְכִּיָּה

Malkîyâh · mal-kee-yaw'

Malkijah, the name of ten Israelites

Lexicon

Derivation: or מַלְכִּיָּהוּlemma מַלְכִּיָהוּ missing dagesh, corrected to מַלְכִּיָּהוּ; (Jeremiah [38:6), from H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) and H3050 (יָהּ); king of (i.e. appointed by) Jah;

Malkijah, the name of ten Israelites

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Malchiah, Malchijah.

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
יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
Concrete
hand · arm · work
Extended
a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
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 › the hand that works › to reveal, behold

Water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads of the open hand that covers of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַלְכִּיָּה 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

16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

of malchiah4 · 25%
malchiah3 · 19%
and malchiah2 · 13%
and malchijah2 · 13%
malchijah2 · 13%
of malchijah1 · 6%
to malchijah1 · 6%
of melchiah1 · 6%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

מַלְכִּיָּֽה׃3וּמַלְכִּיָּ֖ה2מַלְכִּיָּ֣ה2מַלְכִּיָּ֑ה2מַלְכִּיָּ֔ה1מַלְכִּיָּ֣הוּ1וּמַלְכִּיָּ֛ה1וּמַלְכִּיָּה֙1מַלְכִּיָּ֖ה1מַלְכִּיָּה֙1לְמַלְכִּיָּה֙1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.