WORD STUDY: MELEK KADASH (NEW KING)

Exodus 1:8: “Now there arose a new king over Egypt , which knew not Joseph.” This is the only time that Pharaoh is referred to as a king. From here on he is referred to as Pharaoh.   In Exodus 1:8 it refers to this new king as a  melek (king) kadash (new).   The...