kingship
me.lu.khah denotes ruling authority or a realm of rule, and also marks royal status in persons, places, lineage, and insignia.
The term most often denotes ruling authority or the realm held, transferred, renewed, secured, or belonging to a ruler. In a smaller group of verses, it marks royal status or association, describing seed, descent, a city, and royal insignia.
Senses in use
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Ruling authority or realm held by a ruler · dominant
In 1 Kings 2:15, the same singular noun occurs for the rule Adonijah says belonged to him and then became his brother's; the APB renders the clause with “the kingship.” The term also names authority transferred to David in 1 Chronicles 10:14, secured over Israel in 1 Samuel 14:47, renewed at Gilgal in 1 Samuel 11:14, and belonging to the LORD in Obadiah 1:21.
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Royal status or association · common
In 2 Samuel 12:26, the noun is associated with a captured city, which the APB calls “the royal city”; in Daniel 1:3 and Ezekiel 17:13 it occurs with seed described as royal. Ezekiel 16:13 presents a rise “to royalty,” while Isaiah 62:3 places the term in the image of a “turban of kingship.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “kingship” and once “kingdom” where the clause concerns possession, transfer, renewal, or rule. In other contexts it uses royal descriptions such as “royal city,” “royal seed,” “royal descent,” and “royalty”; These renderings show the verse context rather than a fixed English equivalent.