מַלְכִּירָם
mal.ki.ram
Malchiram
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Malchiram: A Singular Biblical Reference Malchiram (H4443) appears only once in the biblical text, making it impossible to establish a pattern of usage or semantic range. The lexicon data provides no definition beyond the transliteration and identifies it as a proper name. Without additional context from the single occurrence, we cannot determine what this term meant to its original speakers or readers beyond its function as a personal identifier. The singularity of this entry in the biblical record limits what can be concluded. A name appearing only once offers no comparative evidence for how it was used, understood, or what significance it may have carried within Hebrew culture. The lexicon data itself does not specify the biblical passage where it appears or provide etymological information that might illuminate its meaning. To understand this term's actual significance would require consulting the specific biblical passage where it occurs, which lies outside the scope of the lexicon data provided. The entry demonstrates that some biblical names, despite their single appearance, were deemed worthy of inclusion in Hebrew lexicons—suggesting they held some importance to the text's meaning or the tradition's memory, even if that importance cannot be fully recovered from lexical evidence alone.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text