Æthiopic ለአከ፡ to depute, to send a messenger; ተልእከ፡ (to be sent) to wait upon, to minister; ለእክ፡ minister, servant. (Kindred roots are הָלַךְ, יָלַךְ and Lat. legavit.) Derivatives, מַלְאָךְ, [מַלְאָךְ], מְלָאכָה, מְלֶאכֶת, [מַלְאָכוּת, pr.n. מַלְאָכִי]. (“by God,” sc. created; comp. Job 33:6), [Lael], pr.n.m., Num. 3:24. an unused root, perhaps denoting the same as אָמַם, עָמַם. (Arab. لَأَمَ is, to agree, to be congruent, so far at least as its meaning can be gathered from its derivatives;
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