- מְלַכְיוּ
- מְלַכְיוּpr. n. m. Mlakhiu, 1) father of B. Kahăna. Erub.8b. 2) רב מ׳ Rab M., an Amora. Keth.61b; Macc.21a; Nidd.52b. אמרר׳ מ׳ אמרר׳וכ׳ Rab M. reports in the name of R. Ada ; Bets.28b Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). Ib. (mnemonical rules by which to distinguish between the subjects reported by R. Malkia and those by R. Mlakhiu); ib. וסימנך מתניתן מַלְכִּתָא and the mnemotechnical mark is: the Mishnah is queen, i. e. all opinions referring to Mishnah (and Boraitha) belong to Rab Malkiya (God is King).
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.