meylekh

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Pronunciations

meylekh (MAY-lehkh) listen
melekh (MEH-lehkh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A king.

Example Sentences

  • "The bridegroom is thus compared at several points of the poem to the king, the meylekh, representation of the male principle (yesod or tiferet)." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew
  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • TH מלך mélekh > Y מלך meylekh

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      meylech, melech, melekh, maylekh, maylech

Notes

  • plural: 'mlokhim' or 'mlakhim'

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