מלאכא

מלאכא

Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܡܠܐܟܐ‎, Arabic مَلْأَك‎ (malʾak) and Hebrew מַלְאָךְ‎ (malʾāḵ).

Noun

מַלְאֲכָא • (malʾăḵā) m (plural מַלְאָכַיָּא‎)

1. angel
   • Daniel 3:28, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     ‏עָנֵה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר וְאָמַר בְּרִיךְ אֱלָהֲהוֹן דִּי־שַׁדְרַךְ מֵישַׁךְ וַעֲבֵד נְגוֹ דִּי־שְׁלַח מַלְאֲכֵהּ וְשֵׁיזִב לְעַבְדוֹהִי דִּי הִתְרְחִצוּ עֲלוֹהִי‎

     ʿānē nəḇūḵaḏneṣṣar wəʾāmar bərīḵ ʾĕlāhăhōn dī-šaḏraḵ mēšaḵ waʿăḇēḏ nəḡō dī-šəlaḥ malʾăḵēh wəšēziḇ ləʿaḇḏṓhī dī hiṯrəḥíṣū ʿălṓhī

     Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said: ‘Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent His angel, and delivered His servants that trusted in Him; […] ’

2. messenger

Inflection

    declension of מלאכא

	singular	plural
absolute	מַלְאָךְ‎	מַלְאָכִין‎
construct	מַלְאָךְ‎	מַלְאָכֵי‎
emphatic	מַלְאֲכָא‎	מַלְאָכַיָּא‎