- מְלַךְ
- מְלַךְ, מְלֵיךְch. sam(מלךְto preside; to officiate; to be ruler), 1) to rule. Targ. Gen. 37:8; a. fr.Part. מָלִיךְ. Targ. Jer. 33:21 (ed. Wil. מְלִיךְ, corr. acc.); a. fr.Ab. Zar.10a בעינא דיִמְלַךְוכ׳ I desire that my son Severus be king after me; ib. דיִמְלוֹךְ.Ber.64a מ׳ רבה Rabbah officiated (as teacher and judge); a. fr. 2) (mostly מליך) to decide. Targ. Is. 14:27. Ib. 23:8 (ed. Ven. מַלִּיךְ). Ib. 9 מִילְכָהּ ed. Lag. (some ed. מלכא, read: מִלְכָהּ); a. fr.Part. pass. מְלִיךְ. Ib. 14:26; a. e. 3) to advise. Targ. 2 Sam. 17:7. Targ. 1 Kings 1:12; a. fr. Pa. מַלֵּיךְ 1) to advise. Targ. Job 26:3. 2) to decide, v. supra. Af. אַמְלִיךְ 1) = preced. Hif. Targ. 1 Kings 3:7; a. fr. 2) to counsel, persuade. Targ. Josh. 15:18. Targ. Y. Deut. 30:6; a. e.Targ. Prov. 8:15 מַמְלְכִין ed. Lag. rule (oth. ed. מלכין). Ithpa. אִתְמַלֵּךְ, Ithpe. אִתְמְלִיךְ, אִימְּלִיךְ, אִמְּ׳ = preced. Nif.Targ. Is. 32:7; a. fr.B. Bath.4a בתר דעבדין מִתְמַלְּכִין do people ask for advice (or permission) after they have acted? Ber.27b אִימְּלִיךְוכ׳ consult my family. Ib. אזיל ואִמְּ׳וכ׳ he went and consulted his wife. Ned.54a כל מילתא דצריך שליחא לאִמְּלוּכֵיוכ׳ any change of order for which the messenger has to ask special authorization, is heterogeneous (to the object of the original commission); כל מילתא דמִימְּלִיךְ שליה עלהוכ׳ a change for which the messenger asks for instructions is homogeneous. Sot.43b אי אימ׳ עלה if he reconsiders his original disposal; a. fr.
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