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מלאך

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
ל־א־ך (l-ʾ-k)

From a verb meaning “to send” which is only attested in Ugaritic 𐎍𐎛𐎋 (lỉk), 𐎍𐎀𐎋 (lảk), Arabic لَأَكَ (laʔaka), أَلْأَكَ (ʔalʔaka), Ge'ez ለአከ (läʾäkä). The only other word from this root in Hebrew is מְלָאכָה (məlāḵā́, commission, sending → particular occupation, work, business).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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מַלְאָךְ (mal'ákhm (plural indefinite מַלְאָכִים, singular construct מַלְאַךְ־, plural construct מַלְאֲכֵי־)

  1. angel
  2. (rare) messenger

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Yiddish: מלאך (malekh)
  • Ancient Greek: ἄγγελος (ángelos, angel) (semantic loan) (see there for further descendants)
  • Kermanic: (learned)
    Isfahani: malāx
  • Tat: малах (learned)

References

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Anagrams

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Ladino

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Etymology

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From Hebrew מלאך.

Noun

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מלאך m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling malah, plural מלאכים)

  1. angel

Yiddish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (mal'ákh).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɫəχ/
  • Hyphenation: מ‧לאך

Noun

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מלאך (malekhm, plural מלאכים (malokhem)

  1. angel

Synonyms

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References

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  • Paul Abelson (1915) “angel”, in English-Yiddish Encyclopedic Dictionary, New York: The Jewish Press