Queen Ruler

מַלְכָּה35 n.f. queen:—abs. מ׳ Est 1:9 + 24 times Est.; cstr. מַלְכַּת 1 K 10:1 + 7 times; pl. מְלָכוֹת Ct 6:8, 9;—queen of Sheba 1 K 10:1, 4, 10, 13 = 2 Ch 9:1, 3, 9, 12; of Persia, Vashti Est 1:9 + 7 times Est 1; Esther Est 2:22 + 16 times Est 4–9 (in Esther mostly appos. of n.pr.; it precedes n.pr. Est 1:12, 15; follows n.pr. Est 1:9 + 17 times); of Isr. queens only pl. and only Ct 6:8, 9 (both ‖ פִּילַגְשִׁים). Cf. גְּבִירָה.

† גְּבֶ֫רֶת n.f. 1. lady, queen, Is 47:5, 7. 2. mistress of servants, sf. גְּבִרְתִּי Gn 16:8; גְּבִרְתֵּךְ Gn 16:9; גְּבִרְתָּהּ Gn 16:4 2 K 5:3 ψ 123:2 Pr 30:23; (pl. גברת women MI16); גְּבִרְתָּהּ Is 24:2.

† I. [שָׂרָה] n.f. princess, noble lady;—cstr. שָׂרָ֫תִי (Ges§ 90 l) La 1:1; pl. שָׂרוֹת 1 K 11:3, cstr. id. Est 1:18; sf. שָׂרוֹתֶיהָ Ju 5:29, -תֵיהֶם Is 49:23;—princesses attending Sisera’s mother Ju 5:29; of Sol.’s wives 1 K 11:3, other queens Is 49:23 (‖ מְלָכִים); wives of nobles Est 1:18; fig. of Jerus. La 1:1.

βᾰσῐλ-ισσα, ἡ, ={βασίλειᾰ}, queen, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 wife of the ἄρχων βασιλεύς at Athens, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—also βασίλιννα, Refs 4th c.BC+ __3 the Roman Empress, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __4 ={βασιλεύς} VI, PMag.Leid. V.Refs

† [שֵׁגָל] n.f. (royal) consort (cf. BH id.; √ unknown HptGu Ezr-Ne, p. 66 conj. Assyrian šigrêti, harem-women);—pl. sf. שֵֽׁגְלָתָךְ Dn 5:23, שֵֽׁגְלָתֵהּ v 2, 3.

† [מַלְכָּה] n.f. queen;—emph. מַלְכְּתָא Dn 5:10(×2).

† שֵׁגָל n.f. (queen-) consort Ne 2:6 ψ 45:10, + perhaps Ju 5:30 c v. שָׁלָל (Palm. n.pr.f. שגל Lzb372 SAC111 GACooke309; Thes1363 cp. ‘queen,’ orig. ‘woman’; but שׁ׳ loan-word according to LagBN 51, 153 and not from √ [שָׁגֵל]).

† מֹ֫לֶכֶת n.pr.f. c. art. הַמֹּלֶ֑כֶת 1 Ch 7:18 (of Manasseh). 𝔊 ἡ Μαλέχεθ, 𝔊L Μελχαθ.