Jastrow: מַלְכוּת

מַלְכוּת f. (b. h.; מֶלֶךְ) 1) kingdom, government; office. Ab. III, 5 עול מ׳ the yoke of (secular) government (burden of office). Ber. 13ᵇ, a. fr. עול מ׳ שמים the yoke of (submission to) divine government. Gitt. VIII, 5, v. הוּגָּן. Ber. 48ᵇ, a. e. אין מ׳ נוגעת וכ׳, v. חָבֵר. Sot. 11ᵇ (ref. to בתים, Ex. I, 21) בתי מ׳ dynasties.—מרד במ׳ to rebel against the government, to commit treason. Snh. 49ᵃ; a. fr.—מ׳ הָרִשְׁעָה the wicked government (Rome). Ber. 61ᵇ Ms. M. a. early ed. (later ed. יון); a. fr.—קרוב למ׳ connected with the court (influential). B. Kam. 83ᵃ. Gitt. 14ᵇ; a. fr.—Pl. מַלְכִיּוֹת. Gen. R. s. 44 ארבעה … גיהינם ומ׳ וכ׳ the Lord showed him (Abraham) four things: future punishment, (persecution by foreign) governments &c.; Mekh. Yithro, s. 9 ארבע מ׳ וכ׳ the four empires which were destined to subject his descendants. Ber. 34ᵇ, a. e. אין בין … אלא שעבוד מ׳ מלבד there will be no difference (in the conditions of life) between the present and the Messianic days except (the delivery from) the oppression of governments; a. fr. —2) (in liturgy) a benediction invoking God as king (אלהינו מלך העולם). Ib. 12ᵃ כל ברכה שאין בה מ׳ וכ׳ a benediction in which the word ‘king’ does not occur, is no benediction.—Pl. מַלְכִיּוֹת the references to the divine kingdom in the Musaf of the New Year’s Day, the section called Malkhiyoth. R. Hash. IV, 5. Ib. 6 עשרה מ׳ the recitation of ten Biblical verses referring to the divine government. Ib. (32ᵇ) זכרונות מ׳ וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. sing.), v. זִכָּרוֹן. Y. ib. III, 58ᵈ; a. e.