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

> Proto-Semitic *mlk, 'to advise, counsel; to deliberate': reflexes in 9 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*mlk |
| Meaning | 'to advise, counsel; to deliberate' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | malāku (CAD M/1 154); milku (CAD M/2 66) | CAD M/1 154; CAD M/2 66 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | nif. wayyimmālēk (Neh 5:7; HALOT 591) | HALOT 591 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | milkā (HALOT 592) | HALOT 592 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | mlak 'to counsel; to promise'; melkā 'counsel, advice' (Payne Smith 277) | Payne Smith 277 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | mlk (HALOT 591; MD 273) | HALOT 591; MD 273 | gloss 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, 53 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | milkum (Gelb AS 21, 25); milk-: \*milk- or \*milk- (Huffmon APNM 231) | Gelb AS 21 25; Huffmon APNM 231 | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | ma-lik MEŠ /mālik/ (gloss to LÚ.MEŠ MAŠKIM, EA) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 42) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 42 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | \*məlak (HALOT BArm. s.v. מְלַךְ) | HALOT BArm. s.v. מְלַךְ | gloss 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).

## Linked from

- [M](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/m/index.md>)

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