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malkām מַלְכָּםAMalcham, BMilcom’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from melex מֶ֫לֶךְ ‘king’ for mōlex מֹ֫לֶךְ ‘Molech’
Roots: מלך מולך
Variants: מַלְכָּם, מִלכֹּם

malkām Apr n m pers Bpr n m title
AMilcom = "great king"
1) a Benjamite, son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh
BMilcom = "great king"
1) the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom
 1a) also 'Molech'

Mentioned in 1 Kings 11:33, 11:5 2 Kings 23:13 Zephaniah 1:5 1 Chronicles 8:9

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