STRONGS NUMBER H4427

H4427. malak

II. מָלַךְ‎₃₄₆ verb denominative be, or become king, or queen, reign; —

Qal₂₉₆ Perfect ׳מ‎ Joshua 13:10 + etc.; Imperfect יִמְלֹךְ‎ (לוֺךְ‎-) Exodus 15:18 +; וַיִּמְלֹךְ‎ Genesis 36:32 +; 2 masculine singular תִּמְלֹךְ‎ 37:8 +, (הֲִתִמֲלֹךְ‎ Jeremiah 22:15 Baer); Imperative מְלָךְֿ‎ Judges 9:14; מָלְכָה‎ 9:8; מָלְכִי‎ 9:10, 12; Infinitive absolute מָלֹךְ‎ Genesis 37:8; 1 Samuel 24:21; construct. מְלֹךְ‎ 1 Kings 2:15 +; suffix מָלְכוֺ‎ 1 Samuel 13:1 +; Participle מֹלֵךְ‎ Jeremiah 22:11 2t.; מֹלֶכֶת‎ 2 Kings 11:3 2 Chronicles 22:12; — be (become) king, reign, mostly of Hebrew kings, 2 Samuel 2:10; 1 Kings 16:22; 2 Kings 3:1; 9:13, but also Generally Proverbs 8:15; 30:22; of Canaanite, Edomite, Aramaic, Assyrian, Persian kings, etc.: Judges 4:2; Genesis 36:31; 1 Kings 11:25; 2 Kings 8:15; 19:37; Esther 1:1 +; followed by בְּ‎ local (usually city) Joshua 13:10, 12; Judges 4:2; 2 Samuel 5:5; 1 Kings 11:24; 14:21 + often; but also Genesis 36:31-32, 1 Chronicles 1:43 בְּארץ‎, and even נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ בְּכֹלאֲשֶׁרתְּֿאַוֶּה‎ 2 Samuel 3:21; followed by עַל‎ with people or land 1 Samuel 8:9, 11; 12:14; 13:1; 1 Kings 15:1, 9; 16:23 + often; followed by בְּ‎ local + עַל‎ territory (or population) 2 Samuel 5:5; 1 Kings 11:42; followed by תַּחַת‎ (חַחְתָּיו‎) 2 Samuel 16:8; Genesis 36:33f. = 1 Chronicles 1:44f., 1 Kings 14:20, 31; 2 Kings 8:15; 13:24; Jeremiah 22:11 + often; subject God, followed by על‎ Psalm 47:9; Micah 4:7; Ezekiel 20:33; 1 Samuel 8:7; followed by בְּ‎ Isaiah 24:23; absolute Exodus 15:18; Isaiah 52:7; Psalm 93:1; 96:10 = 1 Chronicles 16:31; Psalm 97:1; 99:1; 146:10 +; subject future (Messianic) king Isaiah 32:1; Jeremiah 23:5; subject a woman (= be queen) 2 Kings 11:3 2 Chronicles 22:12 (both followed by עַל‎), Esther 2:4 followed by תַּחַת‎ ; Imperative only in fable, king of trees, Judges 9:8, 10, 12, 14 all followed by על‎; בְּמָלְכוֺ‎ especially = when he began to reign, became king 1 Samuel 13:1; 2 Samuel 2:10; 1 Kings 14:21 + often; Infinitive also = reign: לְמָלְכוֺ שְׁמֹנֶה בְּשְׁנַת‎ 2 Kings 24:12; 25:1, compare 25:27; 1 Kings 6:1; 2 Chronicles 16:13; 17:7; 29:3; 34:3, 8, compare דָּוִד מְלֹךְ עַד‎ 1 Chronicles 4:31; מָּרָס מַלְכוּת מְלֹךְ עַד‎2 Chronicles 36:20; began to reign and reigned וַיִּמְלֹךְ מָלַךְ‎ 1 Kings 15:25; 16:29; 2 Kings 3:1 +; often מָלַךְ‎ alone with same meaning 1 Kings 16:23; 2 Kings 13:1, 10; 14:23 +.

Hiph`il Perfect הִמְלִיךְ‎ 1 Samuel 15:35 2t.; הִמְלַ֫כְתָּ‎ 1 Kings 3:7, etc.; Imperfect וַיַּמְלֵךְ‎ 2Ki 33:34 4t.; וַיַּמְלִיכוּ‎ Judges 9:6 + etc.; Infinitive construct הַמְלִיךְ‎ 1 Kings 12:1 + etc.; Participle מַמְלִךְֻ‎ Ezekiel 17:16; — make king, or queen, cause to reign, followed by accusative of person Judges 9:16; 1 Samuel 11:15; 1 Kings 1:43; 12:1; 16:21; 2 Kings 10:5; 11:12 (anointing and coronation) = 2 Chronicles 23:11; 2 Kings 17:21; 1 Chronicles 11:10; 12:32; 12:39; 2 Chronicles 10:1; 11:22; Ezekiel 17:16; followed by לִשׁלמֹה‎ (לְ‎ of direct object, as Aramaic) 1 Chronicles 29:22; followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb 1 Samuel 8:22 (+ לָהֶם‎), 12:1 (+ על‎), Isaiah 7:6 (+ בְּתוֺךְ‎); followed by לְמֶלֶךְ‎ Judges 9:6; 1 Samuel 15:11; followed by accusative of person + בְּ‎ local Jeremiah 37:1; + עַל‎ Judges 9:18; 1 Samuel 15:35; 1 Kings 12:20; 16:16; 2 Kings 8:20; 1 Chronicles 12:38; 28:4 (accusative omitted), 23:1; 2 Chronicles 1:9, 11; 21:8; 36:4, 10, compare 2 Samuel 2:9 (3 t. עֲלֿ‎, 3 t. אֶלֿ‎); + תַּחַת‎ 1 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 14:21; 21:24; 23:30 (anointing), 23:34; 24:17; 2 Chronicles 1:8; 22:1; 26:1; 33:25; 36:1; Esther 2:17 (= make queen at coronation); absolute Hosea 8:4.

Hoph`al Perfect כַּשְׂדִּים מַלְכוּת עַל הָמְלַךְ‎ Daniel 9:1.

II. [מָלַךְ‎] verb counsel, advise (loan-word from Aram . , מְלַח‎; compare Assyrian malâku, Dl^{HWB 412}); — only

Niph`al (so Late Hebrew) Imperfect וַיִּמָּלֵךָ עָלַי לִבִּי‎ i. e. I considered carefully, Nehemiah 5:7.

[מַלְכֹּ֫דֶת‎] see לכד‎.

מַלְכֵּן‎ see מַלְבֵּן‎ below לבן‎.

I. מלך‎ (√ of following, see Biblical Hebrew).

II. מלך‎ (√ of following; Assyrian malâku, counsel, advise; מְלֵח ᵑ7‎, Syriac , Christian-Palestinian Aramaic Schulth¹¹²; Biblical Hebrew II. [מָלַח‎] Nehemiah 5:7 as loan-word).