Melech or Melekh () is a
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...
word that means
king
King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted Government, governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a Constitutional monarchy, ...
, and may refer to:
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Melech (name)
Melech or Meilech (Hebrew מלך) is a given name of Hebrew origin which means king. It is a name used by Jewish people.
People
* Melech Epstein (1889–1979), American journalist and historian
* David M. Friedman, David Melech Friedman (born ...
, a given name of Hebrew origin
* the title of "king" in ancient Semitic culture, see
Malik
Malik (; ; ; variously Romanized ''Mallik'', ''Melik'', ''Malka'', ''Malek'', ''Maleek'', ''Malick'', ''Mallick'', ''Melekh'') is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic d ...
* the deity
Moloch
Moloch, Molech, or Molek is a word which appears in the Hebrew Bible several times, primarily in the Book of Leviticus. The Greek Septuagint translates many of these instances as "their king", but maintains the word or name ''Moloch'' in others, ...
See also
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King of the Jews (disambiguation) King of the Jews or King of the Judeans may refer to:
History
Ruler of historic kingdoms and client states:
* Kings of Israel and Judah
** Kings of Judah (c.931 – 586 BCE)
Others:
* Mocking epithet applied to Peter of Castile (1334–1369) by He ...
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Melek (disambiguation)
Melek may refer to:
People Given name
* Melek Sina Baydur (born 1948), Turkish retired diplomat and former Ambassador of Turkey
* Melek Bilge (born 1989), Turkish professional female basketball player
* Melek Hu (born 1989), Chinese-born Turki ...
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Melach, a river in Austria
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Mellach, Austria
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Melik
Мelik (, from ) was a hereditary Armenian noble title used in Eastern Armenia from the Late Middle Ages until the nineteenth century. The meliks represented some of the last remnants of the old Armenian nobility, as well as Persian nobility ...
, a hereditary Armenian noble title
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Meleth, a nasrani family name in South India related to judeo-Malayalam by ancient Jewish settlements in South India
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Mleccha
Mleccha () is a Sanskrit term referring to those of an incomprehensible speech, foreigners or invaders deemed distinct and separate from the Vedic tribes. In Vedic Brahmanical discourse, the term is used to refer to foreigners (anāryans) who ...
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Hebrew words and phrases in the Hebrew Bible