מֶלֶךְ (melek) is an Aramaic noun meaning king. It appears 180 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4430).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2829a)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מֶ֫לֶךְ noun, masculine: king

Strong's H4430 מֶלֶךְ: a king
KJV:king, royal.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2829: מלך mlk — Root of: מֶ֫לֶךְ king; מַלְכָּה queen; מַלְכוּ royalty, reign, kingdom

• מַלְכוּ malkû — royalty
• מַלְכָּה malkâ — queen

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