[Mesorah] Malka - Is it always "The King", or sometimes it can be just "King"

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 01:07:19PM -0400, Micha Berger via Mesorah wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 04:05:14PM +0000, galsaba--- via Mesorah wrote:
> > 1. I have a question about the word "malka" with Alef at the end. Is
> > it always "HaMelech", or it is sometimes just "Melech"?
> 
> Hebrew: Melekh / Malkhah
> Aramaic: Malka / Malkesa

I came into this thinking Aramaic also has a hei hayedi'ah.

But it doesn't, the "-a" suffix is the definite article. What an
incredible thing for me not to have noticed all these years. I started
learning gemara in 1975.

Thank you so much!

But nw the reverse question, why would something get the -a suffix if
it wasn't a ha- situation in Hebrew?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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