מִלכֹּם

Biblical Hebrew

Milcom — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Milcom tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מִלְכֹּם: n.pr.div. Milcom tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.div. Milcom, god of Ammonites (cf. RSSem i. 67)—מ׳ שִׁקֻּץ עַמֹּנִים 1 K 11:5 (‖ עַשְׁתֹּרֶת); cf. מ׳ אֱלֹהֵי בְנֵי עַמּוֹן v 33 (‖ ע׳ + כְּמוֹשׁ), so read also (for MT מֹלָךְ v 7 (‖ כְּמוֹשׁ); מ׳ תּוֹעֲבַת בְּנֵי־עַמּוֹן 2 K 23:13 (‖ as 1 K 11:33); id. מִלְכֹּם also for מַלְכָּם Je 49:1, 3 (𝔊 Μελχολ, Μελχομ), cf. Gie, and Zp 1:5 (𝔖 𝔙, cf. Now), prob. 2 S 12:30 = 1 Ch 20:2 (v. מֶלֶךְ 5 d), and perhaps Am 1:15 (whence Je 49:3; cf. Dr Now;—not We GASm).

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Milcom (3); king (1).

In the verses

1 Kings 11:5 · tree →

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה אַחֲרֵ֣י עַשְׁתֹּ֔רֶת אֱלֹהֵ֖י צִדֹנִ֑ים וְאַחֲרֵ֣י מִלְכֹּ֔ם שִׁקֻּ֖ץ עַמֹּנִֽים׃

Word for word: and he.walked Solomon after Astarte the.god of.[the].Sidonians and after Milcom the.detestable.thing of.[the].Ammonites

JPS 1917: For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the detestation of the Ammonites.

Zephaniah 1:5 · tree →

וְאֶת־הַמִּשְׁתַּחֲוִ֥ים עַל־הַגַּגּ֖וֹת לִצְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְאֶת־הַמִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים֙ הַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֣ים לַֽיהוָ֔ה וְהַנִּשְׁבָּעִ֖ים בְּמַלְכָּֽם׃

Word for word: and (et) [those who].bow.down on the roofs to the.host of the.heavens and (et) [those who].bow.down [those who].swear.an.oath to Yahweh and [those who].swear.an.oath by king their

JPS 1917: And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship, that swear to the LORD and swear by Malcam;

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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