Lexical Definition

‎מָלַח‎ mâlach (maw-lakh') to dissipate ^H:V
a primitive root; also as denominative from ‎מֶלַח‎

[idiom] at all, salt, season, temper together, vanish away.

• properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize
• intransitively, to disappear as dust
• to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt)

1) to tear away, dissipate
1a) (Niphal) to be dispersed, be dissipated
2) to salt, season
2a) (Qal) to salt, season
2b) (Pual) to be salted
2c) (Hophal) to be rubbed or washed with salt

See Greek: ἅλας · ἁλίζω · μίγνυμι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: מְלַח
I. [‎מָלַח‎] verb tear away, figurative dissipate (compare Arabic pull out eye, tooth, &c.; especially Dozy tear off branch to plant it, &c. so Ethiopic evellere); —

Niph`al figurative be dispersed in fragments, dissipated, Perfect ‎שָׁמַיִם כֶּעָשָׁן נִמְלָ֑חוּ‎ Isa 51:6.

III. [‎מָלַח‎] verb denominative salt, season; Qal Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תִּמְלָ֑ךְ‎ followed by accusative Lev 2:13 (object offering). Pu`al Participle ‎מְמֻלָּח‎ Exod 30:35 salted, i.e. the incense (see Di.) Hoph`al Perfect 2 feminine singular + Infinitive absolute ‎הָמְלֵחַ לֹא הֻמְלַ֫חַתּ‎ Ezek 16:4, i.e. rubbed or washed with salt (of infant, in personification).

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