Etymology
Further information: MolochThe Northwest Semitic mlk was the title of the rulers of the city-states of the Levant from the Late Bronze Age. The Biblical Hebrew form is מֶלֶךְ melek.
Moloch has been traditionally interpreted the epithet of a god, known as "the king" like Baal was an epithet "the master" and Adon an epithet "the lord", but in the case of Moloch purposely mispronounced as Molek instead of Melek using the vowels of Hebrew bosheth "shame".
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