[f., pl. "Malkot"]; queen; as in "Shabbat HaMalkah," "the Sabbath Queen;" or as in, "Malkot me-fursamot ve-tzidkaniyot behistoriah shel Am Yisrael hayu Esther HaMalkah u-Shlomtzion HaMalkah," "Famous and righteous queens in the History of the People of Israel were Queen Esther and Queen Shlom-Tziyon."