Lexicon
מְלֶ֫כֶת
me.le.khet
H4446
H:N-F Hebrew

queen

5
Occurrences
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Books
Hebrew
Language

me.le.khet identifies the female heavenly figure to whom offerings, cakes, and drink offerings are directed in the cited passages.

The attested use identifies a female heavenly figure addressed as the recipient of offerings, drink offerings, and cakes, including in statements about continuing or fulfilling such acts.

Senses in use

  1. Female heavenly recipient of offerings · dominant

    In Jeremiah 44:17 and Jeremiah 44:18, the feminine singular construct form occurs in clauses about making offerings and pouring out drink offerings to the figure the APB renders “the queen of heaven.” In Jeremiah 44:19 and Jeremiah 7:18, the same form occurs where cakes are made and drink offerings are poured out; Jeremiah 44:25 places these actions within a vow that the speakers say they will perform.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all cited verses, the APB presents the expression as “the queen of heaven” in contexts of offerings, cakes, and drink offerings. This wording confirms the clause-level presentation rather than isolating the term by itself.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture