Original Language Studio
1 Kings 10:1
“And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מַלְכָּהmalkâh · mal-kaw'
H4436 · Hebrew
H4436 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a queen
- Derivation
- feminine of H4428 (מֶלֶךְ);
- KJV renderings
- queen.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- מַֽלְכַּת — common noun, feminine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 35 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Kings 10:41 Kings 10:101 Kings 10:132 Chronicles 9:12 Chronicles 9:3
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מַלְכָּה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.