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Appendix II
Semitic Roots |
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| ENTRY: | mlk. |
| DEFINITION: | West Semitic, to rule, dominate, possess, own; Common Semitic noun *malk-, ruler, king. 1. Melkite, from Aramaic malk ye, plural of malky, royal, royalist, from malk, king. 2. Melchizedek, from Hebrew malkî- edeq, my king (is) righteousness, from malk, presuffixal form of melek, king + -î, my. 3. Moloch, from Hebrew m lek, from Canaanite *mulk, perhaps variant of Canaanite *malk, *milk, king. 4. Mameluke, from Arabic maml k, owned, slave, Mameluke, passive participle of malaka, to own, possess. |
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