Etymology?:
from mālax מָלַךְ ‘to reign / to advise’
Roots:
מלך
malxūt n, f
1) royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power
1a) royal power, dominion
1b) reign
1c) kingdom, realm
Mentioned in Numbers 24:7 1 Samuel 20:31 Jeremiah 52:31, 10:7, 49:34 Psalms 145:12, 45:7, 145:11, 145:13, 103:19 Ecclesiastes 4:14 Esther 4:14, 1:14, 2:17, 3:8, 1:2, 1:9, 1:19, 2:16, 3:6, 9:30, 2:3, 5:3, 5:6, 7:2, 5:1, 8:15, 1:20, 6:8, 1:4, 1:11, 1:7 Daniel 11:9, 9:1, 10:13, 11:20, 8:1, 11:4, 8:23, 11:2, 8:22, 11:17, 1:20, 1:1, 11:21, 2:1 Ezra 8:1, 1:1, 7:1, 4:6, 4:5 Nehemiah 12:22, 9:35 1 Chronicles 17:11, 22:10, 26:31, 12:24, 11:10, 28:7, 29:30, 29:25, 28:5, 17:14, 14:2 2 Chronicles 7:18, 36:22, 29:19, 33:13, 36:20, 1:1, 2:11, 20:30, 11:17, 1:18, 15:10, 15:19, 16:1, 16:12, 3:2, 12:1, 35:19