מלאכא

Aramaic

Etymology

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

Noun

מַלְאֲכָא • (malʾăḵā) m (plural מַלְאָכַיָּא)

  1. angel
    • Tanach, 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
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