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OSHB Prov 22:11 מֶֽלֶךְ (melek) Strongs=4428 Lemma=‘מֶלֶךְ’
contextual word gloss=‘a_king’ word gloss=‘king’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1000

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Other uses (16) of identical word form מֶֽלֶךְ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מֶֽלֶךְ’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 5 different glosses: ‘[the]_king’, ‘[was]_king’, ‘a_king’, ‘king’, ‘the_king’.

GEN 49:20 contextual word gloss=‘a_king’ word gloss=‘king’ OSHB GEN 49:20 word 7

OET-LV: 20 from_ʼĀshēr will _be_rich food _of_his and_he he _will _provide delicacies _of a _king. (GEN_49:20)

OET-RV: ⇔  20 Asher will enjoy delicious food,
⇔ and he’ll provide delicacies for a king. (GEN 49:20)

EXO 1:8 contextual word gloss=‘a_king’ word gloss=‘king’ OSHB EXO 1:8 word 2

OET-LV: 8 and_he/it _rose _up a _king new over Miʦrayim who not he _knew DOM Yōşēf. (EXO_1:8)

OET-RV: 8 Eventually a new king came to power in Egypt (Mitsrayim) who had never known Yosef (EXO 1:8)

1 SAM 8:10 contextual word gloss=‘a_king’ word gloss=‘king’ OSHB 1 SAM 8:10 word 11

OET-LV: 10 and_ Shəmū^ʼēl _he/it _said DOM all _of the _words/messages _of YHWH to the_people who_were_asking from_with_him a _king. (SA1_8:10)

OET-RV: 10 Then Shemuel passed on everything that Yahweh had said to the people who were requesting a king from him, (SA1 8:10)

1 SAM 12:1 contextual word gloss=‘a_king’ word gloss=‘king’ OSHB 1 SAM 12:1 word 15

OET-LV: 12 and_ Shəmū^ʼēl _he/it _said to all _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) here I _have _listened to_your _of_voice to_all/each/any/every that you(pl)_have _said to_me and_I _have _made _king over_you(pl) a _king. (SA1_12:1)

OET-RV: 12 Then Shemuel said to all Yisrael, “Listen to me now. I’ve listened to your voices and taken notice of everything that you all said to me. And I’ve appointed a king to reign over you all. (SA1 12:1)

1 SAM 12:13 contextual word gloss=‘a_king’ word gloss=‘king’ OSHB 1 SAM 12:13 word 12

OET-LV: 13 And_now here the_king whom you(pl)_have _chosen whom you(pl)_asked _for and_see/lo/see he _has _set YHWH over_you(pl) a _king. (SA1_12:13)

OET-RV: 13 So now, look, here’s the king that you all chose to have. Yes,, Yahweh has given you all a king. (SA1 12:13)

1 SAM 12:17 contextual word gloss=‘a_king’ word gloss=‘king’ OSHB 1 SAM 12:17 word 22

OET-LV: 17 Am_not is_the _harvest _of wheat(s) the_day I _will _call _out to YHWH and_he _will _give thunder _claps and_rain and_know and_see if/because _that evil _of_your(pl) is_great which you(pl)_have _done in/on_both _eyes _of YHWH by_asking to/for_you(pl) a _king. (SA1_12:17)

OET-RV: 17 Now, isn’t it the time of the wheat harvest right now? I’ll call to Yahweh, and he’ll send unseasonal thunder and rain, and then you’ll all see and realise that in Yahweh’s view, asking for a king was very evil.” (SA1 12:17)

1 SAM 12:19 contextual word gloss=‘a_king’ word gloss=‘king’ OSHB 1 SAM 12:19 word 22

OET-LV: 19 And_ all _of _they _said the_people to Shəmū^ʼēl pray for your_servants to YHWH god _of_your and_not we _will _die if/because we _have _added to all _of sins _of_our an _evil _thing by_asking to/for_us a _king. (SA1_12:19)

OET-RV: 19 and begged Shemuel, “Pray to your god Yahweh for your servants, so that we won’t die, because we’ve added more evil onto all our previous sins by requesting a king for ourselves.” (SA1 12:19)

1 SAM 16:1 contextual word gloss=‘a_king’ word gloss=‘king’ OSHB 1 SAM 16:1 word 29

OET-LV: 16 and_ YHWH _he/it _said to Shəmū^ʼēl until when are_you mourning to Shāʼūl and_I I_have _rejected _him from_reigning over Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) fill horn _of_your oil and_go I_will _send _you to Yishay/(Jesse) the _Bēyt- lehemite if/because I _have _seen among_his _of_sons to_me a _king. (SA1_16:1)

OET-RV: 16 Then Yahweh spoke to Shemuel, “How long are you going to keep mourning for Sha’ul for, when I myself have rejected him as king over Yisrael? Fill your horn with oil and go. I’ll send you to Yishay (Jesse) from Bethlehem, because I’ve seen one of his sons who’d make a good king for me.” (SA1 16:1)

1 KI 22:48 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_king’ word gloss=‘king’ OSHB 1 KI 22:48 word 5

OET-LV: 48  and_a _king there_was_not in_ʼEdōm an _overseer was_king. (KI1_22:48)

OET-RV: 48 Yehoshafat had trading ships made to go to Ophir for gold, but they didn’t go because the ships got wrecked at Etsyon-Gaver. (KI1 22:48)

2 KI 8:20 contextual word gloss=‘a_king’ word gloss=‘king’ OSHB 2 KI 8:20 word 9

OET-LV: 20 In_his _of_days ʼEdōm it _rebelled from_under the _hand _of Yəhūdāh and_they _made _king over_themselves a _king. (KI2_8:20)

OET-RV: 20 It was during King Yehoram’s time that Edom rebelled from Yehudah’s control, and they appointed their own king. (KI2 8:20)

2 CHR 2:10 contextual word gloss=‘king’ word gloss=‘king’ OSHB 2 CHR 2:10 word 15

OET-LV: 10  and_ Ḩūrām _he/it _said the _king _of Tsor/(Tyre) in_a _document and_he _sent to Shəlomoh/(Solomon) because_loves _of YHWH DOM people _of_his he_has _made _you over_them king. (CH2_2:10)

OET-RV: 10 I’ll pay your wood-cutters three thousand tonnes of ground wheat and the same of barley, four hundred thousand litres of wine and the same of olive oil. (CH2 2:10)

2 CHR 21:8 contextual word gloss=‘a_king’ word gloss=‘king’ OSHB 2 CHR 21:8 word 9

OET-LV: 8 In_his _of_days ʼEdōm it _rebelled from_under the _hand _of Yəhūdāh and_they _made _king over_themselves a _king. (CH2_21:8)

OET-RV: 8 Meanwhile, Edom had been under Yehudah’s control, but during Yehoram’s reign they rebelled and appointed their own king. (CH2 21:8)

PSA 45:16 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_king’ word gloss=‘king’ OSHB PSA 45:16 word 6

OET-LV: 16  they _are _brought with_joy(s) and_rejoicing they _go in_(the)_palace the_king. (PSA_45:16)

OET-RV: 16 Your children will be in the positions that your ancestors used to hold—
⇔ ≈ you’ll make them princes across the whole country. (PSA 45:16)

PSA 72:1 contextual word gloss=‘[the]_king’ word gloss=‘king’ OSHB PSA 72:1 word 8

OET-LV: 72 Of_Shəlomoh/(Solomon) Oh _god judgements _of_your to_the_king give and_your _of_righteousness to_the_son _of the_king. (PSA_72:1)

OET-RV: A song by Shelomoh (Solomon).
⇔  72 Give the king your righteous decrees, God,
⇔ ≈ your righteousness to the king’s son. (PSA 72:1)

PROV 30:28 contextual word gloss=‘a_king’ word gloss=‘king’ OSHB PROV 30:28 word 6

OET-LV: 28 A _lizard in_two _hands you _will _grasp and_she is_in_the_palaces _of a _king. (PRO_30:28)

OET-RV: • 28 4. You can catch a lizard in your hands, yet they get into king’s palaces. (PRO 30:28)

JER 38:3 contextual word gloss=‘the_king’ word gloss=‘king’ OSHB JER 38:3 word 10

OET-LV: 3 thus YHWH he _says certainly _(be _given) it _will _be _given the_city (the)_this in_the _hand _of the _army _of the _king of _Bāⱱel and_he_will _capture _it. (JER_38:3)

OET-RV: 3 ◙ (JER 38:3)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘מֶלֶךְ’’ have 8 different glosses: ‘[is]_the_king_of’, ‘[the]_king’, ‘[was]_king’, ‘a_king’, ‘king’, ‘of_the_king_of’, ‘the_king’, ‘the_king_of’.