malachi
/ˈmæləkaɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
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A male given name from Hebrew.
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Etymology
From Latin Mālāchiās, from Ancient Greek Μαλαχίας (Malakhías), from Hebrew מַלְאָכִי (mal'achi, malʼāḵî, literally “my messenger”), singular form of מַלְאָךְ (mal'akh, “angel; messenger; ambassadors”) with first-person singular personal pronoun as possessor.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Mālāchiās, Μαλαχίας, מַלְאָכִי
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmæləkaɪ/