Malach

Malach (named fully Malach Aradan) was an Adan Man of the House of Marach in the First Age.

Biography

Malach was the eldest son of Marach, the first chieftain of his people who were numerous compared to the other houses of the Edain. The House of Marach was the Third House of the Edain. When they crossed the Blue Mountains into Beleriand, Malach dwelt at first with his people at Estolad, but later journeyed north and entered the service of the Ñoldorin Elven-prince Fingon, son of the High Elven-king Fingolfin of the Ñoldor in Hithlum. While living among the Ñoldor, Malach was given the name Aradan, meaning 'noble man' in the High Elven-tongue. After fourteen years, he returned to Estolad upon the death of his father Marach and became the second Chieftain of Marach's people. Malach Aradan soon led a great part of his people, the "Marachians", westward of Beleriand to the country of Dor-lómin in the north which was given to his people by the Ñoldorin Elven-lords of the House of Fingolfin.

Malach Aradan married Zimrahin, a woman from his people who was later given a Sindarin name Meldis. He had many children by her and among his sons, Magor was his eldest son and heir, as well as a daughter Adanel likely his eldest child who was counted among the Wise of the Edain and was thus well-known as Adanel the Wise. Malach was the great-grandfather of Hador Lórindol, after whom the House of Marach was renamed to the House of Hador.^[1]

Etymology

The other part of the name Malach, 'Aradan', was a Sindarin word that meant 'king's man'.^[2]

House of Hador

Marach

Malach

Meldis (Zimrahin)

Adanel

Belemir

Magor

Others

Hathol

Gildis

Hador Lórindol

Gundor

Galdor

Hareth

Glóredhel

Haldir

Handir

Morwen

Húrin

Huor

Rían

Tuor

Idril

Brandir

Túrin

Urwen

Nienor

Eärendil

Elwing

Elrond

Elros

Other versions of the legendarium

In the 'Folk of Marach' family tree from The War of the Jewels, Zimrahin and Malach had a third child. Originally (in version one of the table) there was a note for multiple children that said, "Others not concerned in these Chronicles". In version two of the table this became one name, "Sael..th" that was changed to "Saelon", though this was subsequently struck out.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Amharic	ማላጭ
Arabic	مالاخ
Armenian	Մալախ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Малаци
Bengali	মালাছ
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Малацх
Greek	Μαλαχ
Gujarati	માલાચ
Hebrew	מאלאך
Hindi	मलछ
Kannada	ಮಲಾಚ್
Korean	말라크
Macedonian Cyrillic	Малакх
Marathi	मल्अछ
Mongolian Cyrillic	Малах
Nepalese	मलछ
Pashto	مالاچه
Persian	مالاخ (Malach) مالاخ آرادان (Malach Aradan)
Punjabi	ਮਲਚ੍ਹ
Russian	Малах
Sanskrit	मलछ्
Sinhalese	මලඡ්
Tajik Cyrillic	Малачҳ
Tamil	மலச்ஹ்
Telugu	మలఛ
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Малах
Urdu	مالاچ
Yiddish	מאַלאַטש

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