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. Zephaniah 2:9 מֶ֥לַח Me.lach · A person, place or thing

    Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.

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