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mōlex מֹ֫לֶךְ ‘Molech’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from mālax מָלַךְ ‘to reign / to advise’
Roots: מלך

mōlex pr n m title
Molech = "king"
1) the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom

Mentioned in Codex Leviticus 20:2, 20:5, 20:3, 20:4, 18:21 1 Kings 11:7 2 Kings 23:10 Jeremiah 32:35 Amos 5:26

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