H4417 - מֶלַח (melach)

H4417 מֶלַח (melach) meh'-lakh

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 4414; properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved

KJV Usage: salt((-pit))

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מֶ֫לַח (me.lach) — Salt (Sea). salt Also named: a.ra.vah (עֲרָבָה "(Sea of the )Arabah" H6160K)

מֶ֫לַח (me.lach) — (Valley of) Salt.

Combined with gay (גַּיְא " Valley" H1516J) § salt

מֶ֫לַח (me.lach) — salt. salt

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מֶלַח (H4417 · H4418)

noun m · עִיר־הַמֶּלַח

Minerals | ≈ גָּפְרִית

salt = white crystalline substance, mainly consisting of sodium chloride; ► normally used for seasoning or preserving food; ≈ associated with infertility of the soil but also with permanence

GEN 19:26 · LEV 2:13 · LEV 2:13 · LEV 2:13 · NUM 18:19 · DEU 29:22 · JDG 9:45 · 2KI 2:20 · 2KI 2:21 · 2CH 13:5 · JOB 6:6 · EZK 43:24 · EZK 47:11 · ZEP 2:9

Names of Landforms

Collocation: גֵּיא מֶלַח

Valley of Salt = valley, ◄ located south of Dead Sea; ► location where several battles with the Edomites took place

2KI 14:7

Names of Waterbodies

Collocation: יָם מֶלֶח

Salt Sea = literally: Sea of Salt; one of the names of the Dead Sea, because of the high concentration of salt in its water

GEN 14:3 · NUM 34:3 · NUM 34:12 · DEU 3:17 · JOS 3:16 · JOS 12:3 · JOS 15:2 · JOS 15:5 · JOS 18:19

noun m · מלח

Clothing | noun m pl | ≈ סְחָבָה

old clothes, rags = pieces of worn out clothing that are no longer fit for wearing

JER 38:11 · JER 38:12

¹ 2KI 14:7 MT-K המלח | MT-Q מֶלַח

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מֶ֫לַח n.m. salt base