# מלך
## Arabic
### Noun

מלך • (transliteration needed) m
* Judeo-Arabic spelling of مَلِك (malik, “king”)‎‎
** c. 10th century, Saadia Gaon, Tafsir‎, Exodus 1:8:וקאם מלך גׄדיד עלי מצר מן לם ישאהד יוסף׃wa-qāma malikun jadīdun ʕalā miṣra man lam yušāhid yūsufa.And a new king arose over Egypt who had not witnessed Joseph.

## Aramaic
### Noun

מלך • (melech)
* inflection of מַלְכָּא:
** absolute
** construct state

## Hebrew
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *malk-. Cognate to Aramaic מַלְכָּא (malkā, “king”), Arabic مَلِك (malik, “king”) and Akkadian 𒂷𒆪 (malku, “prince”).

### Pronunciation

* (מֶלֶךְ, mélekh):
** (Biblical Hebrew) IPA: /malk/
** (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA: /ˈmɛlɛk/, [ˈmɛːlɛχ]
** (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /ˈmeleχ/
** Audio:(file)
* (מָלַךְ, malákh):
** (Biblical Hebrew) IPA: /maːˈlak/, [maːˈlaχ]
** (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA: /mɔˈlak/, [mɔːˈlaːχ]
** (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA: /maˈlaχ/

### Noun

מֶלֶךְ • (mélekh) m (plural indefinite מְלָכִים, singular construct מֶלֶךְ־, plural construct מַלְכֵי־, feminine counterpart מַלְכָּה, Biblical Hebrew pausal form מָלֶךְ) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
* king
** Tanach, Exodus 1:17, with translation of the King James Version:[…] וְלֹא עָשׂוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶן מֶלֶךְ מִצְרָיִם […] […] v'ló asú ka'ashér dibér aleihén mélekh mitsráyim […] […] and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them […]
** 1994, The Lion King, spoken by Simba (Doron Ben-Ami):היי דוד סקאר, כשאהיה מלך, מה אתה תהיה?Hey Dod Skar, kshe'éye mélech, ma atá tíye?Hey Uncle Scar, when I'm King, what'll that make you?
* (chess) king
* (card games) king

#### Declension

| Number | Isolated forms | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns | With possessive pronouns |
| Number | State | Form | Person | singular | singular | plural | plural |
| Number | State | Form | Person | m. | f. | m. | f. |
| singular | indefinite | מֶלֶךְ | first | מַלְכִּי | מַלְכִּי | מַלְכֵּנוּ | מַלְכֵּנוּ |
| singular | definite | הַמֶּלֶךְ | second | מַלְכְּךָ | מַלְכֵּךְ | מַלְכְּכֶם | מַלְכְּכֶן |
| singular | construct | מֶלֶךְ־ | third | מַלְכּוֹ | מַלְכָּהּ | מַלְכָּם | מַלְכָּן |
| plural | indefinite | מְלָכִים | first | מלכיי / מְלָכַי | מלכיי / מְלָכַי | מְלָכֵינוּ | מְלָכֵינוּ |
| plural | definite | הַמְּלָכִים | second | מְלָכֶיךָ | מלכייך / מְלָכַיִךְ | מַלְכֵיכֶם | מַלְכֵיכֶן |
| plural | construct | מַלְכֵי־ | third | מְלָכָיו | מְלָכֶיהָ | מַלְכֵיהֶם | מַלְכֵיהֶן |

#### Derived terms

* אֱגוֹז מֶלֶךְ ('egóz mélekh)
* בֵּן מֶלֶךְ (bén mélech)
* מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים

#### See also

Chess pieces in Hebrew · כְּלֵי שַׁחְמָט (layout · text) :
| מֶלֶךְ | מַלְכָּה | צְרִיחַ | רָץ | פָּרָשׁ | רַגְלִי |

#### References

* H4428 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

### Verb

מָלַךְ • (malákh) (pa'al construction)
* to rule

#### References

* H4427 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Hebrew מֶלֶךְ (mélekh).

### Noun

מלך m (Latin spelling meleh, plural מלכים)
* king

## Yiddish
### Etymology

From Hebrew מֶלֶךְ (mélekh).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛɪ̯lɜχ/

### Noun

מלך • (meylekh) m, plural מלכים (melokhem)
* king
* (chess) king

#### Synonyms

* קיניג (kinig)

#### Related terms

* מלכּה (malke)