STRONGS H4446:
Abbreviations
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מְלֶ֫כֶת noun feminine queen (form difficult; compare Ol
§ 147 d Kö
ii, 169 n. Gie
Jeremiah 7:18 Ba
NB 165, Anm. 2; ZMG xii. 1887, 606); — only construct
הַשָּׁמַיִם מ׳ Jeremiah 7:18 +
4 times Jeremiah =
queen of the heavens, a goddess; identification dubious; perhaps= Ištar, Venus, compare Schr
below and others; (> =
מְלֶאכֶת (Manuscripts), construct of
מְלָאכָה (see
לאך),
worship of the heavens (Cast
Lex. Syr.), or creative
work of the heavens, collective =
צְבָא הַשּׁ׳ host of heaven, Sta
below (compare
); see Schr
COT Jeremiah 7:18; SBAk 1886, 477 ff., ZA iii. 1888, 353 ff., iv. 1889, 74 ff. Sta
ZAW 1886,123 ff. 289 ff. Kue
Ges. Abh. 186 ff. We
Skizzen iii. 38 Nö
ZMG xli. 1889, 710 f. RS
Semitic i. 57, 172 (ed. 2, 57, 189) Grünb
ZMG xiii.1888, 45); — only as worshipped by people of Jerusalem
הַשּׁ׳ לַעֲשׂוֺת כַּוָּנִים לִמְ׳ Jeremiah 7:18 (||
הַסֵּךְ נְסָכִים לֵאלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים);
הַשּׁ׳ לְקַטֵּר לִמ׳ Jeremiah 44:17,
18,
19,
25 (all ||
הַסֵּךְ לָהּ נְסָכִים).
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Jeremiah
7:18; 7:18; 7:18; 7:18; 44:17; 44:18; 44:19; 44:25