*mlk: 'to advise, counsel; to deliberate'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*mlk
Meaning'to advise, counsel; to deliberate'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Akkadianmalāku (CAD M/1 154); milku (CAD M/2 66)CAD M/1 154; CAD M/2 66gloss withheld
Hebrewnif. wayyimmālēk (Neh 5:7; HALOT 591)HALOT 591gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicmilkā (HALOT 592)HALOT 592gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicmlak 'to counsel; to promise'; melkā 'counsel, advice' (Payne Smith 277)Payne Smith 277
Mandaic Aramaicmlk (HALOT 591; MD 273)HALOT 591; MD 273gloss withheld
Eblaitic/miliktum/: name mi-li-gi-du (Scarpa 2020, 111); mi-ga-an mi-ga [milkan milka(m)] (impv. /milik-an/) (Fronzaroli 1995, 53)Scarpa 2020, 111; Fronzaroli 1995, 53gloss withheld
Amoritemilkum (Gelb AS 21, 25); milk-: *milk- or *milk- (Huffmon APNM 231)Gelb AS 21 25; Huffmon APNM 231gloss withheld
Canaanitema-lik MEŠ /mālik/ (gloss to LÚ.MEŠ MAŠKIM, EA) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 42)Sanmartín GlOS 2, 42gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaic*məlak (HALOT BArm. s.v. מְלַךְ)HALOT BArm. s.v. מְלַךְgloss withheld

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Notes

Cf. 52 *malik- 'king': Eblaitic malikum 'king, counsellor' there; HALOT 591 records a derivation of 'king' from *malk 'counsel' (Eilers). Hebrew III melek 'advice' is conjectural (HALOT 592).

Updated 26 October 2026

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