מִלְכָּה
mil.kah
“Milcah”
Definition
Milcah, the name of a Hebrewess and of an Israelite
a form of H4436 (מַלְכָּה); queen;
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Grammar & Morphology
Proper Noun (Feminine)
N:N-F-P
Proper Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
מִלְכָּה appears 10 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.
She replied, “I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.”
But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached
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