H4435G

מִלְכָּה

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Milcah

A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.29; daughter of: Haran (H2039); sister of: Lot (H3876) and Iscah (H3252); married to Nahor (H5152H); mother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A) § Milcah = "queen" 1) daughter of Haran and wife of Nahor, her uncle and Abraham's brother, to whom she bore 8 children 2) a daughter of Zelophehad and granddaughter of Manasseh

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מִלְכָּה proper name, feminine ᵐ5 Μελχα (= מַלְכָּה ? Nö^{ZMG xlii. 1888. 484} compare Phoenician proper name, of deities מלכת; compare Gray^{Prop. N. 116}); —

1. wife of Nahor Gen 11:29 (twice in verse); Gen 22:20; Gen 22:23; Gen 24:15; Gen 24:24; Gen 24:47 (all J).

2. daughter of Zelo-phehad (of Manasseh), Num 26:33; Num 27:1; Num 36:11; Josh 17:3 (all P). — Perhaps original town-name, Gray^l.c.

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