The meaning of “מַלּוּךְ”

or מַלּוּכִי Mallûwkîy (mal-loo-kee'); (Nehemiah 12:14), from מָלַךְ; remnant Malluch, Melichu (from the margin). - § Malluch or Melicu = "counsellor" - Malluk, the name of five Israelites 1) a Merarite Levite, son of Hashabiah 2) a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 3) a descendant of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra 4) a priest who signed the covenant with Nehemiah 5) one of the leaders of the people who signed the covenant with Nehemiah 6) a priest who returned from exile with Zerubbabel