STRONGS NUMBER H4446

H4446. meleketh

מְלֶ֫כֶת‎ noun feminine queen (form difficult; compare Ol^{§ 147 d} Kö^{ii, 169 n.} Gie^{Jeremiah 7:18} Ba^{NB 165, Anm. 2; ZMG xii. 1887, 606}); — only construct ׳מ הַשָּׁמַיִם‎ 7:18 4t. Jeremiah = queen of the heavens, a goddess; identification dubious; perhaps= Ištar, Venus, compare Schr^below and others; (> = מְלֶאכֶת‎ (Manuscripts), construct of מְלָאכָה‎ (see לאך‎), worship of the heavens (Cast^{Lex. Syr.}), or creative work of the heavens, collective = הַשּׁ ׳צְבָא‎ host of heaven, Sta^below (compare ᵐ5‎); see Schr^{COT 7:18; SBAk 1886, 477 ff., ZA iii. 1888, 353 ff., iv. 1889, 74 ff.} Sta^{ZAW 1886, 123 ff. 289 ff.} Kue^{Ges. Abh. 186 ff.} We^{Skizzen iii. 38} Nö^{ZMG xli. 1889, 710 f.} RS^{Semitic i. 57, 172 (ed. 2, 57, 189)} Grünb^{ZMG xiii.1888, 45}); — only as worshipped by people of Jerusalem לִמְ כַּוָּנִים ׳לַעֲשׂוֺת ׳הַשּׁ‎ 7:18 ("" אֲחֵרִים לֵאלֹהִים נְסָכִים הַסֵּךְ‎); לִמ ׳לְקַטֵּר ׳הַשּׁ‎ 44:17-18, 19, 25 (all "" נְסָכִים לָהּ הַסֵּךְ‎).