מְלֶכֶת

מְלֶ֫כֶת noun feminine queen (form difficult; compare Ol^{§ 147 d} Kö^{ii, 169 n.} Gie^{Jer 7,18} Ba^{NB 165, Anm. 2; ZMG xii. 1887, 606}); — only construct הַשָּׁמַיִם ׳מ Jer 7,18 + 4 t. Jeremiah = queen of the heavens, a goddess; identification dubious; perhaps= Ištar, Venus, compare Schr^below and others; (> = מְלֶאכֶת (Manuscripts), construct of מְלָאכָה (see לאך), worship of the heavens (Cast^{Lex. Syr.}), or creative work of the heavens, collective = ׳צְבָא הַשּׁ host of heaven, Sta^below (compare ᵐ5); see Schr^{COT Jer 7,18 SBAk 1886, 477 ff., ZA iii. 1888, 353 ff., iv. 1889, 74 ff.} Sta^{ZAW 1886,123 ff. 289 ff.} Kue^{Ges. Abh. 186 ff.} We^{Skizzen iii. 38} Nö^{ZMG xli. 1889, 710 f.} RS^{Semitic i. 57, 172 (ed. 2, 57, 189)} Grünb^{ZMG xiii.1888, 45}); — only as worshipped by people of Jerusalem ׳הַשּׁ ׳לַעֲשׂוֺת כַּוָּנִים לִמְ Jer 7,18 (|| הַסֵּךְ נְסָכִים לֵאלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים); ׳הַשּׁ ׳לְקַטֵּר לִמ Jer 44,17; Jer 44,18; Jer 44,19; Jer 44,25 (all || הַסֵּךְ לָהּ נְסָכִים).