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Lexicon :: Strong's H4417 - melaḥ

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מֶלַח
Transliteration
melaḥ
Pronunciation
meh'-lakh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1197a

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: מלח.

Strong’s Definitions

מֶלַח melach, meh'-lakh; from H4414; properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved):—salt(-pit).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H4417 in the following manner: salt (27x), saltpits (with H4379) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H4417 in the following manner: salt (27x), saltpits (with H4379) (1x).

  1. salt

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֶלַח melach, meh'-lakh; from H4414; properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved):—salt(-pit).
STRONGS H4417: Abbreviations
† II. מֶ֫לַח noun masculine salt (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic bdb057105; Aramaic bdb057106, מִלְחָא); — מ׳ absolute Genesis 19:26 +; construct Leviticus 2:13; — salt for seasoning food Job 6:6; offering Leviticus 2:13 (3 times in verse) compare Ezekiel 43:24; בְּרִית מֶ֫לַח Numbers 18:19; 2 Chronicles 13:5 (compare Leviticus 2:13 see Di); used in purifying waters 2 Kings 2:20, 21; strewn on site of devoted city Judges 9:45 compare Zephaniah 2:9 (מִכְרֵהמֿ׳) Deuteronomy 29:22 (|| גָּפְרִית); produced in marshes reserved for purpose Ezekiel 47:11; pillar of salt נְצִיב מ׳ Genesis 19:26; usually in combination הַמֶּלַח יָם(־) Genesis 14:3 (עֶ֫מֶק הַשִּׂדִּים), Numbers 34:3, 12; Deuteronomy 3:17 (|| יָם הָעֲתָבָה), Joshua 3:16; Joshua 12:3; Joshua 15:2, 5; Joshua 18:19; also גֵיאמֿ׳ 2 Samuel 8:13; 2 Kings 14:7 Qr, Psalm 60:2 (title), גֵּיא הַמּ׳ 1 Chronicles 18:12; 2 Chronicles 25:11; 2 Kings 14:7 Kt.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H4416.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:3; 19:26; 19:26

Leviticus

2:13; 2:13; 2:13

Numbers

18:19; 34:3; 34:12

Deuteronomy

3:17; 29:22

Joshua

3:16; 12:3; 15:2; 15:5; 18:19

Judges

9:45

2 Samuel

8:13

2 Kings

2:20; 2:21; 14:7; 14:7

1 Chronicles

18:12

2 Chronicles

13:5; 25:11

Job

6:6

Psalms

60:2

Ezekiel

43:24; 47:11

Zephaniah

2:9

H4417

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4417 matches the Hebrew מֶלַח (melaḥ),
which occurs 29 times in 26 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:3 - All these [fn]came as allies to the valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt H4417 Sea).

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:26 - Then his wife, from behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt H4417.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:13 - ‘Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt H4417, so that the salt H4417 of the covenant of your God shall not be lacking from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall bring salt H4417 near.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:19 - “All the contributions of the holy gifts, which the sons of Israel raise up to Yahweh, I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a perpetual statute. It is an everlasting covenant of salt H4417 before Yahweh to you and your seed with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3 - ‘And your southern [fn]sector shall [fn]extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall [fn]extend from the end of the Salt H4417 Sea eastward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:12 - ‘And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its termination shall be at the Salt H4417 Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders all around.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17 - the Arabah also, with the Jordan [fn]as a border, from [fn]Chinnereth even as far as the sea of the Arabah, the Salt H4417 Sea, [fn]at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah on the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - ‘All its land is brimstone and salt H4417, a burning waste, [fn]unsown and nothing sprouting, and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - the waters which were [fn]flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those which were [fn]flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt H4417 Sea, were completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:3 - and the Arabah as far as the Sea of [fn]Chinneroth toward the east, and as far as the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt H4417 Sea, eastward [fn]toward Beth-jeshimoth, and on the south, [fn]at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2 - And their south border was from the lower end of the Salt H4417 Sea, from the bay that turns to the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:5 - And the east border was the Salt H4417 Sea, as far as the [fn]mouth of the Jordan. And the border of the north side was from the bay of the sea at the [fn]mouth of the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19 - And the border passed on to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the [fn]border ended at the north bay of the Salt H4417 Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the south border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - So Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and he captured the city and killed the people who were in it; then he tore the city down and sowed it with salt H4417.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:13 -

So David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 [fn]Arameans in the Valley of Salt H4417.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:20 - And he said, “Bring me a new jar, and put salt H4417 [fn]in it.” So they brought it to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21 - And he went out to the spring of water and threw salt H4417 [fn]in it and said, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘I have [fn]purified these waters; there shall not be from there death or barrenness any longer.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 -

He struck down 10,000 of Edom in the Valley of Salt H4417 and seized Sela by war and named it Joktheel to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12 -

Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah [fn]smote 18,000 of Edom in the Valley of Salt H4417.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:5 - “Do you not know that Yahweh, the God of Israel, gave the rule over Israel forever to David [fn]and his sons by a covenant of salt H4417?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:11 -

Now Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people forth, and went to the Valley of Salt H4417 and struck down 10,000 of the sons of Seir.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:6 -

“Can something tasteless be eaten without salt H4417,

Or is there any taste in the slime of a [fn]yolk?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:1 -

For the choir director. According to [fn]Shushan Eduth. A [fn]Mikhtam of David. For teaching. [fn]When he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

O God, You have rejected us. You have [fn]broken us;

You have been angry; Oh, restore us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:24 - ‘And you shall bring them near before Yahweh, and the priests shall throw salt H4417 on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:11 - “But its marshes and swamps will not be [fn]healed; they will be [fn]left for salt H4417.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 -

“Therefore, as I live,” declares Yahweh of hosts,

The God of Israel,

“Surely Moab will be like Sodom

And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah—

A place possessed by nettles and salt H4417 pits,

And a perpetual desolation.

The remnant of My people will plunder them,

And the remainder of My nation will inherit them.”

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