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Lexicon :: Strong's H4417 - melaḥ

Aa
מֶלַח
Transliteration
melaḥ
Pronunciation
meh'-lakh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

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 BoxGen 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:3 - All H3605 these H428 kings [fn]came H2266 as H2266 allies H2266 to the Valley H6010 of Siddim H7708 (that is, the Salt H4417 Sea H3220).

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:26 - But [fn]Lot’s wife H802, from behind H310 him, looked H5027 back, and she became H1961 a pillar H5333 of salt H4417.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:13 - ‘Every H3605 grain offering H7133 H4503 of yours, moreover, you shall season H4414 with salt H4417, so that the salt H4417 of the covenant H1285 of your God H430 will not be H7673 lacking H7673 from your grain offering H4503; with all H3605 your offerings H7133 you shall offer H7126 salt H4417.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:19 - “All H3605 the offerings H8641 of the holy H6944 gifts, which H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 offer H7311 to the LORD H3068, I have given H5414 to you and your sons H1121 and your daughters H1323 with you, as a permanent H5769 allotment H2706. It is a permanent H5769 covenant H1285 of salt H4417 before H6440 the LORD H3068 to you and your [fn]descendants H2233 with you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3 - ‘Your southern H5045 region H6285 shall [fn]extend H1961 from the wilderness H4057 of Zin H6790 along H5921 the side H3027 of Edom H123, and your southern H5045 border H1366 shall [fn]extend H1961 from the end H7097 of the Salt H4417 Sea H3220 eastward H6924.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:12 - ‘And the border H1366 shall go H3381 down H3381 to the Jordan H3383, and its termination H8444 shall be at the Salt H4417 Sea H3220. This H2088 shall be your land H776 according to its borders H1367 on all H5439 sides H5439.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17 - the Arabah H6160 also, with the Jordan H3383 [fn]as a border H1366, from [fn]Chinnereth H3672 even as far H5704 as the sea H3220 of the Arabah H6160, the Salt H4417 Sea H3220, [fn]at H8478 the H8478 foot H8478 of H8478 the slopes H794 of Pisgah H6449 on the east H4217.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:23 - ‘All H3605 its land H776 is brimstone H1614 and salt H4417, burned H8316 debris H8316, [fn]unsown H3808 H2232 and unproductive H6779 H3808, and no H3808 H3605 grass H6212 grows H5927 on it, like the overthrow H4114 of Sodom H5467 and Gomorrah H6017, Admah H126 and Zeboiim H6636, which H834 the LORD H3068 overthrew H2015 in His anger H639 and in His wrath H2534.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:16 - then the waters H4325 which were [fn]flowing H3381 down H3381 from above H4480 H4605 stood H5975 and rose H6965 up H6965 in one H259 heap H5067, a great H3966 distance H7368 away H7368 at Adam H121, the city H5892 that is beside H4480 H6654 Zarethan H6891; and those which were [fn]flowing H3381 down H3381 toward H5921 the sea H3220 of the Arabah H6160, the Salt H4417 Sea H3220, were completely H8552 cut H3772 off H3772. So the people H5971 crossed H5674 opposite H5048 Jericho H3405.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:3 - and the Arabah H6160 as far H5704 as the Sea H3220 of [fn]Chinneroth H3672 toward the east H4217, and as far H5704 as the Sea H3220 of the Arabah H6160, that is, the Salt H4417 Sea H3220, eastward H4217 [fn]toward H1870 Beth-jeshimoth H1020, and on the south H8486, [fn]at H8478 the H8478 foot H8478 of H8478 the slopes H794 of Pisgah H6449;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:2 - Their southern H5045 border H1366 was from the lower end H7097 of the Salt H4417 Sea H3220, from the bay H3956 that turns H6437 to the south H5045.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:5 - The eastern H6924 border H1366 was the Salt H4417 Sea H3220, as far H5704 as the [fn]mouth H7097 of the Jordan H3383. And the border H1366 of the north H6828 side H6285 was from the bay H3956 of the sea H3220 at the [fn]mouth H7097 of the Jordan H3383.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19 - Then the border H1366 continued H5674 to the side H3802 of Beth-hoglah H1031 northward H6828; and the [fn]border H1366 ended H1961 H8444 at the north H6828 bay H3956 of the Salt H4417 Sea H3220, at the south H5045 end H7097 of the Jordan H3383. This H2088 was the southern H5045 border H1366.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:45 - Abimelech H40 fought H3898 against the city H5892 that whole H3605 day H3117, and he captured H3920 the city H5892 and killed H2026 the people H5971 who H834 were in it; then he tore H5422 down H5422 the city H5892 and sowed H2232 it with salt H4417.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:13 -

So David H1732 made H6213 a name H8034 for himself when he returned H7725 from [fn]killing H5221 eighteen H8083 H6240 thousand H505 [fn]Arameans H758 in the Valley H1516 of Salt H4417.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:20 - And he said H559, “Bring H3947 me a new H2319 jar H6746, and put H7760 salt H4417 [fn]in it.” So they brought H3947 it to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:21 - Then he went H3318 out H3318 to the spring H4161 of water H4325 and threw H7993 salt H4417 [fn]in it and said H559, “This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559: ‘I have [fn]purified H7495 these H428 waters H4325; there shall not come H1961 from there H8033 death H4194 or [fn]unfruitfulness H7921 any H5750 longer H5750.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:7 -

He [fn]killed H5221 ten H6235 thousand H505 of the Edomites H123 in the Valley H1516 of Salt H4417, and took H8610 Sela H5554 by war H4421, and named H7121 H8034 it Joktheel H3371, as it is to this H2088 day H3117.

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Moreover, Abishai H52 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 [fn]defeated H5221 eighteen H8083 H6240 thousand H505 Edomites H123 in the Valley H1516 of Salt H4417.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:5 - “Do you not know H3045 that the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 gave H5414 the rule H4467 over H5921 Israel H3478 forever H5769 to David H1732 [fn]and his sons H1121 by a covenant H1285 of salt H4417?

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Now Amaziah H558 gathered H2388 his courage H2388 and led H5090 his people H5971 out H5090, and went H1980 to the Valley H1516 of Salt H4417, and struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 ten H6235 thousand H505 of the sons H1121 of Seir H8165.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:6 -

“Can something H8602 tasteless H8602 be eaten H398 without H1097 salt H4417,

Or H518 is H3426 there H3426 any H3426 taste H2940 in the [fn]juice H7388 of an alkanet H2495 plant?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:1 -

For the music director; according to [fn]Shushan Eduth. A [fn]Mikhtam of David, to teach; [fn]when he fought with Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and killed twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.

God H430, You have rejected H2186 us. You have [fn]broken H6555 us;

You have been H599 angry H599; restore H7725 us!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:24 - ‘You shall offer H7126 them before H6440 the LORD H3068, and the priests H3548 shall throw H7993 salt H4417 on them, and they shall offer H5927 them up H5927 as a burnt H5930 offering H5930 to the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:11 - “But its swamps H1207 and marshes H1360 will not become H7495 [fn]fresh H7495; they will be [fn]left H5414 for salt H4417.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:9 -

“Therefore H3651, as I live H2416,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635,

The God H430 of Israel H3478,

“Moab H4124 will assuredly H3588 be like Sodom H5467,

And the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 like Gomorrah H6017—

Ground H4476 overgrown H4476 with weeds H2738 and full of salt H4417 mines H4379,

And a permanent H5769 desolation H8077.

The remnant H7611 of My people H5971 will plunder H962 them,

And the remainder H3499 of My nation H1471 will inherit H5157 them.”

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