ID 837 • Sw – • BP 425 • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√MLK
▪ From protSem *malk‑ ‘ruler, king’ – Huehnergard2011.
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▪ Bergsträsser1928: (*‘king’) Akk malku, Hbr méleḵ, Syr malkā, Gz (malākī ‘Herr’).
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▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Engl Melkite, from Aram malkāye, pl. of malkāy ‘royal, royalist’, from malkā ‘king’. – Melchizedek, from Hbr malkî-ṣedeq ‘my king (is) righteousness’, from malk, presuffixal form of melek ‘king’ + -î ‘my’. – Moloch, from Hbr mōlek, from Can *mulk, perh. variant of Can *malk, *milk ‘king’, cf. Ar malik.
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