west▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Engl Malaga, from Lat Malaca, Malacha, from Phoen *malʔakat‑ ‘work(place) of (a god whose name has not been preserved)’, from *lʔk ‘to send, serve, work’, cf. Ar malʔak~malāk ‘angel’ (< Hbr malʔāk ‘messenger’, from Hbr *lāʔak ‘to send’).