Malachi
pronunciation
How to pronounce Malachi in British English:
UK [ˈmæləkai]
How to pronounce Malachi in American English:
US [ˈmæləˌkaɪ]
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- Noun:
- a Hebrew minor prophet of the 5th century BC
- an Old Testament book containing the prophecies of Malachi
Word Origin
- Malachi
- masc. proper name, Old Testament name of the last in order of the Twelve Prophets, from Hebrew Mal'akhi, literally "my messenger," from mal'akh "messenger," from Semitic base l-'-k (compare Arabic la'aka "he sent").
Example
- 1. The aunt always keeps plain-looking servants for malachi .
- 2. Who 's that with malachi ?
- 3. They 're gonna do the malachi crunch on him !
- 4. You know where this malachi is ?
- 5. Malachi has no control over you !