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mlk noun pl. 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.


(lm noun sg. emphatic
ˁlm, ˁlmˀ (ˁālam, ˁālmā) n.m. eternity; world
CPA det. ܥܠܝܡܐ ; Syr. constr. ܥܵܠܸܡ

  1 eternity Com. --(a) as an adv.: ˁd ˁlm, lˁlmˀ, lˁlmyn, lˁlmyˀ: forever Com. (a.1) repeated as an expression of absolute foreverness Com. --(b) עלמא דאתי : the World to Come JBA. --(c) eternal ages past Com.
  2 world . --(a) an epoch Jud, CPA, Syr, JBA. --(b) a place : this world Palm, Qum, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA. --(c) adverbial usages with various prepositions . (c.1) ܕܥܠܡܐ : wordly, of this life Syr. (c.2) בעלמא : in a general way, merely JBA. (c.3) מעלמא : from elsewhere, from somewhere or other JBA. (c.4) לעלמא : to elsewhere JBA. (c.5) anywhere, everywhere JBAg.
  3 nation, people Syr. --(a) pl. : wedding guests Syr.