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Hammelech. [Hamme'lech]


Father of Jerahmeel and Malchiah, as in the A.V. The word is considered by some not to be a proper name, but to signify 'the king,' reading 'Jerahmeel, the king's son,' and 'Malchiah, the king's son,' Jer. 36: 26; Jer. 38: 6; as in the margin and the R.V.