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Kaus-malaka

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Ḳaus-malaka (Akkadian: 𒋡𒍑𒈠𒆷𒅗 Qauš-malaka; Edomite: 𐤒‬𐤅‬𐤎𐤌𐤋‬𐤊‬ Qāws-melek or Qāws-malāk) was the king of Udumi (Edom) during the reign of the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser III. His name can either mean "Qaus is king" (-melek) or "Qaus rules" (-malek).[1]

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  1. ^ Ian Young, Ian Mark Young (1989). Diversity in Pre-exilic Hebrew. Mohr Siebeck. p. 41. ISBN 3-16-146058-8.