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