מַלְאַךְ
malach · messenger, angel
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H4398 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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malach (מַלְאַךְ) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “messenger, angel”.
(Aramaic): one sent by God. The same word as the Hebrew "malach".
How to say it
ma·lach
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A messenger God sends from heaven, in Aramaic.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Daniel 3:28
Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be their Elah, the Elah of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and they changed the king’s word and gave their bodies so that they would not serve and not bow down to any god except their Elah.
- Daniel 6:22
My Elah sent his angel and shut the mouth of the lions, and they have not harmed me, because before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”