queen
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.
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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.