מְלֶכֶת
Used: 5 times · Key: 4446 · BDB: מְלֶ֫כֶת
Glosses
the.queen (5)
Meaning (OSHB)
queen tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.f. queen tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.f. queen (form difficult; cf. Ol§ 147 d Köii, 169 n. Gie Je 7:18 BaNB 165, Anm. 2; ZMG xii, 1887, 606);—only cstr. מ׳ הַשָּׁמַיִם Je 7:18 + 4 times Je = queen of the heavens, a goddess; identif. dub.; perhaps = Ištar, Venus, cf. Schrinfr. al.; (> = מְלֶאכֶת (Codd.), cstr. of מְלָאכָה (v. לאך), worship of the heavens (Cast Lex. Syriac), or creative work of the heavens, coll. = צְבָא הַשּׁ׳ host of heaven, Stainfr. (cf. 𝔊); v. SchrCOT Je 7, 18; SBAk 1886, 477 ff.; ZA iii, 1888, 353 ff., iv. 1889, 74 ff. StaZAW 1886, 123 ff. 289 ff. KueGes. Abh. 186 ff. WeSkizzen iii. 38 NöZMG xli. 1889, 710 f. RSSem i. 57, 172 (ed. 2, 57, 189) GrünbZMG xlii. 1888, 45);—only as worshipped by people of Jerusalem לַעֲשׂוֹת כַּוָּנִים לִמְ׳ הַשּׁ׳ Je 7:18 (‖ הַסֵּךְ נְסָכִים לֵאלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים); לְקַטֵּר לִמ׳ הַשּׁ׳ Je 44:17, 18, 19, 25 (all ‖ הַסֵּךְ לָהּ נְסָכִים).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «מְלֶכֶת» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וּמִן־אָ֡ז חָדַ֜לְנוּ לְקַטֵּ֨ר לִמְלֶ֧כֶת הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וְהַסֵּֽךְ־לָ֥הּ נְסָכִ֖ים חָסַ֣רְנוּ כֹ֑ל וּבַחֶ֥רֶב וּבָרָעָ֖ב תָּֽמְנוּ׃
Word for word: and from then we.ceased to make.smoke to the.queen of the.heavens and to.pour.out to her drink.offerings we.have.lacked everything and by the sword and by the famine we.have.met.our.end
JPS 1917: But since we let off to offer to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
וְכִֽי־אֲנַ֤חְנוּ מְקַטְּרִים֙ לִמְלֶ֣כֶת הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּלְהַסֵּ֥ךְ לָ֖הּ נְסָכִ֑ים הֲמִֽבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י אֲנָשֵׁ֗ינוּ עָשִׂ֨ינוּ לָ֤הּ כַּוָּנִים֙ לְהַ֣עֲצִבָ֔ה וְהַסֵּ֥ךְ לָ֖הּ נְסָכִֽים׃פ
Word for word: and (dm) we [were].making.smoke to the.queen of the.heavens and to pour.out to her drink.offerings ? (from) without husbands our did.we.make for her cakes to form her and to.pour.out to her drink.offerings
JPS 1917: And is it we that offer to the queen of heaven, and pour out drink-offerings unto her? did we make her cakes in her image, and pour out drink-offerings unto her, without our husbands?'
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