מַלְכָּה

«מַלְכָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: queen — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 35 times · Key: 4436 · BDB: מַלְכָּה

Glosses

queen (23); the.queen (10); queens (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

queen tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. queen tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. queen:—abs. מ׳ Est 1:9 + 24 times Est.; cstr. מַלְכַּת 1 K 10:1 + 7 times; pl. מְלָכוֹת Ct 6:8, 9;—queen of Sheba 1 K 10:1, 4, 10, 13 = 2 Ch 9:1, 3, 9, 12; of Persia, Vashti Est 1:9 + 7 times Est 1; Esther Est 2:22 + 16 times Est 4–9 (in Esther mostly appos. of n.pr.; it precedes n.pr. Est 1:12, 15; follows n.pr. Est 1:9 + 17 times); of Isr. queens only pl. and only Ct 6:8, 9 (both ‖ פִּילַגְשִׁים). Cf. גְּבִירָה.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מַלְכָּה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Song of Songs 6:8

שִׁשִּׁ֥ים הֵ֙מָּה֙ מְּלָכ֔וֹת וּשְׁמֹנִ֖ים פִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑ים וַעֲלָמ֖וֹת אֵ֥ין מִסְפָּֽר׃

Word for word: [are].sixty they queens and eighty concubines and young.women there.[is].not number

JPS 1917: There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and maidens without number.

2 Chronicles 9:3

וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ מַֽלְכַּת־שְׁבָ֔א אֵ֖ת חָכְמַ֣ת שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה וְהַבַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָֽה׃

Word for word: and she.saw the.queen of.Sheba (et) the.wisdom of.Solomon and the house which he.had.built

JPS 1917: And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,

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