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H4420 מְלֵחָה (mᵉlêchâh) mel-ay-khaw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 4414 (in its denominative sense); properly, salted (i.e. land (776 being understood)), i.e. a desert

KJV Usage: barren land(-ness), salt (land)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מְלֵחָה (me.le.chah) — saltiness. saltness, barrenness, saltiness

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · מלח

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salt land, salt waste = land of which the soil contains a relatively high quantity of salt and other minerals that render it infertile

JOB 39:6 · PSA 107:34 · JER 17:6

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מְלֵחָה n.f. saltness, barrenness base

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