Malach

Malach (named fully Malach Aradan) was an Edain Man of the House of Marach in the First Age.
==Biography==
Malach was the eldest son of Marach, the first chieftain of his people who were numerous compared to the other houses of the Edain. The House of Marach was the Third House of the Edain. When they crossed the Blue Mountains into Beleriand, Malach dwelt at first with his people at Estolad, but later journeyed north and entered the service of the Ñoldorin Elven-prince Fingon, son of the High Elven-king Fingolfin of the Ñoldor in Hithlum. While living among the Ñoldor, Malach was given the name Aradan, meaning 'noble man' in the High Elven-tongue. After fourteen years, he returned to Estolad upon the death of his father Marach and became the second Chieftain of Marach's people. Malach Aradan soon led a great part of his people, the "Marachians", westward of Beleriand to the country of Dor-lómin in the north which was given to his people by the Ñoldorin Elven-lords of the House of Fingolfin.
Malach Aradan married Zimrahin, a woman from his people who was later given a Sindarin name Meldis. He had many children by her and among his sons, Magor was his eldest son and heir, as well as a daughter Adanel likely his eldest child who was counted among the Wise of the Edain and was thus well-known as Adanel the Wise. Malach was the great-grandfather of Hador Lórindol, after whom the House of Marach was renamed to the House of Hador.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XI: The War of the Jewels, Part Two, The Later Quenta Silmarillion (Chapter 14): "Of the Coming of Men into the West", Commentary, (ii)The House of Hador.
==Etymology==
The other part of the name Malach, 'Aradan', was a Sindarin word that meant 'king's man'.The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
==Other versions of the legendarium==
In the 'Folk of Marach' family tree from The War of the Jewels, Zimrahin and Malach had a third child. Originally (in version one of the table) there was a note for multiple children that said, "Others not concerned in these Chronicles". In version two of the table this became one name, "Sael..th" that was changed to "Saelon", though this was subsequently struck out.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ማላጭ
Arabic 	مالاخ
Armenian 	Մալախ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Малаци
Bengali 	মালাছ
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Малацх
Greek 	Μαλαχ
Gujarati 	માલાચ
Hebrew 	מאלאך
Hindi 	मलछ
Kannada 	ಮಲಾಚ್
Korean 	말라크
Macedonian Cyrillic	Малакх
Marathi 	मल्अछ
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Малах
Nepalese 	मलछ
Pashto 	مالاچه
Persian 	مالاخ (Malach)
مالاخ آرادان (Malach Aradan)
Punjabi 	ਮਲਚ੍ਹ
Russian 	Малах
Sanskrit 	मलछ्
Sinhalese 	මලඡ්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Малачҳ
Tamil 	மலச்ஹ்
Telugu 	మలఛ
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Малах
Urdu 	مالاچ
Yiddish 	מאַלאַטש
==References==
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