מלךְ

מֶלֶךְm. (b. h.; preced.) leader in council, chief, king. Ber.3b אדוננו המ׳ our lord the king! Tosef.Snh.VIII, 5, a. fr. מ׳ מלכי המלכים the Most Supreme King (the Lord). Ib. IX, 8 אפי׳ מ׳ של מלכים even a king of kings (great sovereign). Snh.38a, a. fr. מ׳בו״ד (v. בָּשָׂר) a human chief. Ab. Zar.10a אין מושיבין מ׳ בן מ׳ they (the Romans) do not allow the son of a king to succeed his father. Kerith. 5b מ׳ ראשון a first king, starter of a dynasty. Shebu.6b מַלְכֹּו של זה this hyparchs chief. Num. R. s. 18 משה מ׳וכ׳ Moses has made himself the chief, and Aaron is high priest ; a. v. fr.Pl. מְלָכִים. Hor.12a כיצד מושחין את המ׳וכ׳ how are kings anointed? By drawing with the oil the outlines of a crown; Ker.5b. Ib. מַלְכֵי בית דור the kings of the house of David (southern kingdom); מ׳ ישראל the kings of the northern kingdom; a. v. fr.בַּת מְ׳ Princess, name of a demon afflicting the eye, also a certain disorder of the eye, v. בַּת I. Sabb.109a (Var. בת חורין, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note).Pl. בנות מֶלֶךְ. Tosef.B. Kam. IX, 27 יצאו בנות מ׳ the ‘princesses (humors of the eye) escaped (in consequence of a blow).