Original Language Studio
Nehemiah 12:14
“Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;” (KJV)
Tap a word · read right to left
Lexical meaning
מַלּוּךְMallûwk · mal-luke'
H4409 · Hebrew
H4409 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Malluk, the name of five Israelites
- Derivation
- or מַלּוּכִי; (Nehemiah 12:14), from H4427 (מָלַךְ); remnant;
- KJV renderings
- Malluch, Melichu (from the margin).
- Grammar
- ל — preposition
- מלוכי — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 8 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Chronicles 6:29Ezra 10:29Ezra 10:32Nehemiah 10:5Nehemiah 10:28
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 מַלּוּךְ 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.