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1 Kings 8:5
“And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H4428 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a king
- Derivation
- from H4427 (מָלַךְ);
- KJV renderings
- king, royal.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- מֶּ֣לֶךְ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 2,526 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:1Genesis 14:1Genesis 14:1Genesis 14:1Genesis 14:2
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 מֶלֶךְ 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.