Lexical Definition

‎מְלֵחָה‎ mᵉlêchâh (mel-ay-khaw') saltiness ^H:N-F
from ‎מָלַח‎ (in its denominative sense); understood as land (‎אֶרֶץ‎)

barren land(-ness), salt (land).

• properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert

1) saltness, barrenness, saltiness

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מְלֵחָה‎ noun feminine saltness, barrenness; — Job 39:6 (|| ‎עֲרָבָה‎) as dwelling-place of wild ass, salt-plain; ‎אֶרֶץ מְלֵחָה‎ Jer 17:6 (|| ‎לֹא תֵשֵׁב‎); Ps 107:34 (opposed to ‎אֶרֶץ פְּרִי‎).

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