Hebrew

Noun

מַלְכוּת • ‎(malkhút) f

1. kingship, queenship

   מלכותה הייתה ארוכה במיחוד.‎ ― malkhtáh haitá aruká bimyukhád. ― Her queenship was especially long.

2. monarchy
3. kingdom
   • Esther 1:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם כְּשֶׁבֶת הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ עַל כִּסֵּא מַלְכוּתוֹ אֲשֶׁר בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָה׃‎

     bayamím hahém k'shévet hamélekh akhashverósh 'al kisé malkhutó 'ashér b'shushán habirá.

     that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the castle,

Declension

See also

• מַמְלָכָה ‎(mamlakhá)

References

• “H4438”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Noun

מלכות • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. (מְלָכוֹת, m'lakhót) plural indefinite form of מַלְכָּה ‎(malká)‎: queens.
2. (מַלְכוֹת־, malkhót-) plural construct form of מַלְכָּה ‎(malká)‎: queens of.