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. Numbers 18:19 מֶ֨לַח Me.lach · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto Jehovah, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a portion for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before Jehovah unto thee and to thy seed with thee.

  2. Numbers 34:3 הַמֶּ֖לַח ha.Me.lach · A person, place or thing

    then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward;

  3. Numbers 34:12 הַמֶּ֑לַח ha.Me.lach · A person, place or thing

    and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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