Lexical Definition

‎מֶלַח‎ melach (meh'-lakh) Salt (Sea) ^H:N-M
from ‎מָלַח‎

salt(-pit).

• properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved)

1) salt

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎מֶ֫לַח‎ noun masculine salt (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic ; Aramaic , ‎מִלְחָא‎); — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ absolute Gen 19:26 +; construct Lev 2:13 — salt for seasoning food Job 6:6 offering Lev 2:13 (3 t. in verse) compare Ezek 43:24 ‎בְּרִית מֶ֫לַח‎ Num 18:19; 2Chr 13:5 (compare Lev 2:13 see Di); used in purifying waters 2Kgs 2:20; 2Kgs 2:21 strewn on site of devoted city Judg 9:45 compare Zeph 2:9 (‎׳‎‎מִכְרֵהמֿ‎) Deut 29:22* (|| ‎גָּפְרִית‎); produced in marshes reserved for purpose Ezek 47:11 pillar of salt ‎׳‎‎נְצִיב מ‎ Gen 19:26 usually in combination ‎הַמֶּלַח‎ ‎יָם (ֿׅ‎ Gen 14:3 (‎עֶ֫מֶק הַשִּׂדִּים‎), Num 34:3; Num 34:12; Deut 3:17 (|| ‎יָם הָעֲתָבָה‎), Josh 3:16; Josh 12:3; Josh 15:2; Josh 15:5; Josh 18:19 also ‎׳‎‎גֵיאמֿ‎ 2Sam 8:13; 2Kgs 14:7 Qr, Ps 60:2* (title), ‎׳‎‎גֵּיא הַמּ‎ 1Chr 18:12; 2Chr 25:11; 2Kgs 14:7 Kt.

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