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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - מַלְכָּם

מַלְכָּם

H4445

Transliteration: Malkâm

Pronunciation: mal-kawm'

Definition: Malcham


Original: מלכּום מלכּם

Transliteration: malkâm milkôm

Phonetic: mal-kawm'

BDB Definition:

Milcom = "great king"
  1. the god of the Ammonites and Phoenicians to whom some Israelites sacrificed their infants in the valley of Hinnom
    1. also 'Molech'
  2. a Benjamite, son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh

Origin: from H4428" class="dictionary-topic-link">H4428 for H4432" class="dictionary-topic-link">H4432

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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