The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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mlkw noun sg. abs. or construct

mlkw, mlkwtˀ (malk̠ū, malk̠ūṯā) n.f. kingdom

  1 kingship, reign Com. --(a) (of a queen) rule along with the king LJLA.
  2 kingdom, realm (a political entity) Com, ^-OA ^-OfA. --(a) royal administration, the government of such an entity Gal.
  3 of heaven : the afterlife promised to the good or the imminent rule of God on earth CPA, Syr.

mlk noun sg. emphatic

mlk, mlkˀ (mleḵ, malkā) n.m. king

BA מֶלֶךְ ; Gal.מליך

  1 king Com. --(a) emperor, caliph, emir, etc. Com. --(b) pl. (the biblical) Book of Kings Syr, JBA.
  2 provincial ruler (governor, satrap) OA-Mesop, Syr.
  3 a priest Man.
  4 metaph.: ruler, chief Syr. --(a) leaven for the eucharist Syr.
  5 a spritual being (= malaka) Man.