מֶ֫לַח

me.lach · salt

Hebrew · Strong's H4417 · Noun · Sounds like: meh'-lakh · 28 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • salt H4417M 14
  • Salt (Sea) H4417G 9
  • (Valley of) Salt H4417H 5

Strong's dictionary

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

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מֶ֫לַח n.m. salt

Every occurrence

  1. 2 Kings 2:20 מֶ֑לַח Me.lach · A person, place or thing

    And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

  2. 2 Kings 2:21 מֶ֑לַח Me.lach · A person, place or thing

    And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or miscarrying.

  3. 2 Kings 14:7 מֶ֙לַח֙ me.lach · A person, place or thing

    He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.

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