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Strong's #4420 - מְלֵחָה

Transliteration
mᵉlêchâh
Phonetics
mel-ay-khaw'
Root Word (Etymology)
from (H4414) (in its denominative sense)
Parts of Speech
Noun Feminine
TWOT
1197b
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) saltness, barrenness, saltiness

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (3)
Job 1
Psalms 1
Jeremiah 1
NAS (5)
Job 2
Psalms 2
Jeremiah 1
HCS (3)
Job 1
Psalms 1
Jeremiah 1
BSB (3)
Job 1
Psalms 1
Jeremiah 1
ESV (3)
Job 1
Psalms 1
Jeremiah 1
WEB (3)
Job 1
Psalms 1
Jeremiah 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2338) hlm (מלהה MLHh) AC: Season CO: Salt AB: ?

V) hlm (מלהה MLHh) - I. Season:To season with salt. II. Disapp (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hophal, Pual) |kjv: salt, season, temper, vanish - Strongs: H4414 (מָלַח)

Nm ) hlm (מלהה MLHh) - I. Salt:[Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Mariner:One who sails the sea. III. Rag:An old or rotten rag. [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (37): salt, rags, maintenance, mariner - Strongs: H4415 (מְלַח), H4416 (מְלַח), H4417 (מֶלַח), H4418 (מֶלַח), H4419 (מַלָּח)

Nf1) ehlm (מלההה MLHhH) - Salt: A land of salt as barren. KJV (3): barren, barrenness, salt - Strongs: H4420 (מְלֵחָה)

dm) hflm (מלוהה MLWHh) - Mallow: As growing around a salt marsh. KJV (1): mallow - Strongs: H4408 (מַלּוּחַ)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 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 אֶרֶץ מְּרִי).


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מְלֵחָה f. a salt land, and on that account barren, Job 39:6; Psalms 107:34 fully אֶרֶץ מְלֵחָה Jeremiah 17:16. Virg. Georg. ii. 238, Salsa tellus-frugibus infelix. Plin. H. N. xxxi. 7. Compare Boch. Hieroz. tom. i. p. 872.


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List of Word Forms
לִמְלֵחָ֑ה למלחה מְלֵֽחָה׃ מְלֵחָ֖ה מלחה מלחה׃ lim·lê·ḥāh limleChah limlêḥāh mə·lê·ḥāh meLechah məlêḥāh
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