Lexical Definition

‎מְלַח‎ mᵉlach (mel-akh') to eat salt ^A:V
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎מָלַח‎

[phrase] have maintenance.

• to eat salt, i.e. (generally) subsist

1) (P'al) to eat salt

Extended Information

Aramaic of: מָלַח

• Aramaic of ma.lach (‎מ‎ָ‎ל‎ַ‎ח‎ "to salt" מָלַח)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מְלַח‎] verb denominative with accusative of congnate meaning with verb, eat salt; —

Pe`al Perfect 1 plural ‎מְלַחְנָא‎ Ezra 4:14 we have eaten the salt of the palace (so most), i.e. have assumed obligations of loyalty, compare M^69* K^{§ 71, 2} (and Syriac be intimate with PS²¹³⁴); Str (after Nes^{MM 30 f.}) thinks noun with suffix: our salt is the salt of the palace.

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