MILCAH mĭl’ kə (מִלְכָּ֖ה, LXX Μελχα, a variant of Malka which means queen). A feminine personal name.

1. The brother of Abram, Nahor, took a wife called Milcah (Gen 11:29). She was the daughter of Haran (v. 29), the half-sister of Nahor just as Sarai was the half-sister of Abram (20:12). Her offspring are mentioned in Genesis 22:20-23, among whom was Bethuel the father of Rebekah (24:15, 24, 47).

2. Zelophehad the Manassite had no sons but five daughters; one was named Milcah (Num 26:33). They petitioned Moses to allow them to share as sons in their father’s inheritance (Num 27:1ff.). The petition was granted and they married their cousins in the tribe of Manasseh (Num 36:10, 11), for they and their husbands received ten special portions of land (Josh 17:3-6).