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Lexicon :: Strong's H4420 - mᵊlēḥâ

Aa
מְלֵחָה
Transliteration
mᵊlēḥâ
Pronunciation
mel-ay-khaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From מָלַח (H4414) (in its denominative sense)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1197b

Strong’s Definitions

מְלֵחָה mᵉlêchâh, mel-ay-khaw'; from H4414 (in its denominative sense); understood as land (H776) properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert:—barren land(-ness), salt (land).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H4420 in the following manner: barren (1x), barrenness (1x), salt (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H4420 in the following manner: barren (1x), barrenness (1x), salt (1x).
  1. saltness, barrenness, saltiness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְלֵחָה mᵉlêchâh, mel-ay-khaw'; from H4414 (in its denominative sense); understood as land (H776) properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert:—barren land(-ness), salt (land).
STRONGS H4420: Abbreviations
מְלֵחָה noun feminine saltness, barrenness; — Job 39:6 (|| עֲרָבָה) as dwelling-place of wild ass, salt-plain; אֶרֶץ מְלֵחָה Jeremiah 17:6 (|| לֹא תֵשֵׁב); Psalm 107:34 (opposed to פְּרִי אֶרֶץ).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

39:6

Psalms

107:34

Jeremiah

17:6

H4420

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4420 matches the Hebrew מְלֵחָה (mᵊlēḥâ),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:6 -

To whom H834 I gave H7760 the wilderness H6160 as his home H1004,

And the salt H4420 land H4420 as his dwelling H4908 place H4908?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:34 -

And a fruitful H6529 land H776 into a salt H4420 waste H4420,

Because H4480 of the wickedness H7451 of those who dwell H3427 in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:6 -

“For he will be like a bush H6176 in the desert H6160,

And will not see H7200 when H3588 prosperity H2896 comes H935,

But will live H7931 in H7931 stony H2788 wastes H2788 in the wilderness H4057,

A land H776 of salt H4420 that is not inhabited H3427.

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