me.lekh is used as the personal name Melech in Micah’s genealogy and as a common royal designation in Jeremiah.

The attested forms divide evenly between Melech as the proper name of a son of Micah and a common masculine singular noun in royal references involving a king and a king’s son.

1. Melech as a personal name · common

   In 1 Chronicles 8:35 the proper noun occurs in the list of Micah’s sons, and the APB renders the name “Melech.” 1 Chronicles 9:41 repeats the same genealogical identification among Micah’s sons.

   1 Chronicles 8:351 Chronicles 9:41
2. Common royal designation · common

   In Jeremiah 36:26 the common masculine singular absolute noun occurs in a clause where the APB says that “The king commanded” named men and also mentions “son of the king.” In Jeremiah 38:6 it occurs in the identification of Malchijah as “son of the king”; the supplied the verse is read as a whole enough to isolate the term’s exact English counterpart in each clause.

   Jeremiah 36:26Jeremiah 38:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the proper-noun occurrences as “Melech” in the genealogies. In Jeremiah it uses “king” and “son of the king” in the surrounding royal clauses.