Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Harold R. Holmyard III" <hholmyard AT ont.com>]

Dear Clay,

On the LXX reading STRATIA at Jer 7:18; 44:17-19, 25, you say:

> LEH (1st ed) shows two conjectures:
>
> stratia,-as+  
>     *Jer 7:18 te stratia tou ouranou to the host of heaven ? cb) h#myM  or
> lmmlkt h#myM for MT lmlkt h#myM to the queen of heaven
>
> But what is lmmlkt?

HH: That would be L ("to") plus MaMLaKah, "realm" or "kingdom" in a 
construct form.

                                Yours,
                                Harold Holmyard