מְלוּכָה noun feminine kingship, royalty; — ׳מ absolute 1 Samuel 10:16 23t.; — kingship, kingly office, royalty: 1 Samuel 10:16,25; 1 Samuel 11:14; 1 Samuel 18:5; 1 Kings 2:15 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 2:22; 1 Kings 11:35; 1 Chronicles 10:14; Isaiah 34:12; belonging to ׳י Obadiah 21; Psalm 22:29 ("" וּמשֵׁל בַּגּוֺיִם); עַל ׳לָכַד מ 1 Samuel 14:47 assume sovereignty over; בְּיַד ׳נָתַן מ 2 Samuel 16:18 give kingship to (subject ׳י); ׳ל ׳הֵשִׁיב מ 1 Kings 12:21 restore kingship to; על ׳עָשָׂה מ 1 Kings 21:7 exercise kingship over; metaphor of Jerusalem וַתִּצְלְחִי לִמְלוּכָה Ezekiel 16:13 (strike out ᵐ5 Co); ׳עִיר הַמ 2 Samuel 12:26 = royal city; compare ׳כִּסֵּא הַמ 1 Kings 1:46; ׳זֶרַע הַמ 2 Kings 25:25 so Jeremiah 41:1; Ezekiel 17:13; Daniel 1:3; ׳צְנִו֯ף מ Isaiah 62:3 ("" עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת).