kingdom
mam.la.khut denotes a ruler's realm or royal rule, including territory held, authority transferred, and rule brought to an end.
The attested use most often identifies the realm associated with a named king and its cities or boundaries. It also denotes royal rule as something that may be torn away, restored to a father's line, ended, or marked by the beginning of a king's reign.
Senses in use
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A king's territorial realm · dominant
In Joshua 13:12 and Joshua 13:30, the construct form occurs in boundary descriptions of Og's holdings in Bashan; the APB renders the clauses with “the kingdom of Og.” Joshua 13:21 and Joshua 13:27 likewise place the form in descriptions of Sihon's realm, towns, and boundary, while Joshua 13:31 continues the allotment setting with cities of Og in Bashan.
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Royal rule or dynastic possession · common
In 1 Samuel 15:28, the construct form stands in the announcement that Israel's kingdom has been torn from Saul and given to another; the APB renders the clause “has torn the kingdom of Israel from you.” In 2 Samuel 16:3 it is the father's kingdom expected to be restored, and in Hosea 1:4 it is the kingdom of Israel's house that will be ended; Jeremiah 26:1 places the form in the opening temporal setting that the APB renders as the beginning of Jehoiakim's “reign.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly presents the relevant clauses with “kingdom,” especially in the territorial descriptions and statements of transfer or ending. In Jeremiah 26:1 it instead renders the temporal clause with “reign”; These are verse-level presentations rather than fixed translations of the lemma.