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  • When the title Melech, which signified a King, was rendered Μειλιχος and Μειλιχιος, _sweet and gentle_, it referred to an idea quite different from the original.

    A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant 1759

  • Abyssinia, from a gemmed ring given to Queen Saba, whose son by Solomon was king of Ethiopia, and was called Melech, with the “precious stone,” or Melech _Gian-Belul_.

    Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

  • I recall the Jewish prayer Shehecianu, the blessing that is said on all joyous occasions to thank God, and suddenly the words, which I have not uttered in years, flow silently from my lips: Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Haolam Shehehcheyahnu Vekiyimanu Vehegianu Lazman Hazeh.

    A Hidden Affair Pam Jenoff 2010

  • Extra shout-out to Roi Melech for being in the right place at the right time: keep shaking and baking, baby.

    The Lampshade Mark Jacobson 2010

  • I recall the Jewish prayer Shehecianu, the blessing that is said on all joyous occasions to thank God, and suddenly the words, which I have not uttered in years, flow silently from my lips: Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Haolam Shehehcheyahnu Vekiyimanu Vehegianu Lazman Hazeh.

    A Hidden Affair Pam Jenoff 2010

  • She had two sisters, Nehama-Halinka (1927 – 1942) and Miriam (1931 – 1943), and two brothers, Josef (1920 – 1943) and Heszu-Melech (1923 – 1942).

    Hella Rufeisen Sch��pper. 2009

  • Unknown to her, an aktion was taking place in the ghetto during which her younger brother Heszu-Melech was murdered and her sister Nehama-Halinka was killed together with all the children in the orphanage.

    Hella Rufeisen Sch��pper. 2009

  • Perhaps you can go ask your pal Bill Dembski so he can enlighten us on exactly how FSCI works. eric replied to comment from Melech

    Stephen Meyer on Bad Biological Designs - The Panda's Thumb 2009

  • Yidishe Kultur (September/October 1939): 79 – 81; Ravitch, Melech.

    Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein. 2009

  • The Jewish Woman in America (1976); Epstein, Melech.

    Uprising of 20,000 (1909). 2009

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