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Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
the First Week after Epiphany

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4423 - מֶלֶט

Transliteration

meleṭ

Phonetics

meh'-let

Origin

from (H4422)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1198a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

mortar, cement, clay (flooring)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Jeremiah 1

BSB (1)

Jeremiah 1

CSB (1)

Jeremiah 1

ESV (1)

Jeremiah 1

KJV (1)

Jeremiah 1

LEB (1)

Jeremiah 1

LSB (1)

Jeremiah 1

N95 (1)

Jeremiah 1

NAS (1)

Jeremiah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Jeremiah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2339) u l m (מלתה MLTh) AC: Deliver CO: ? AB: ?

V) u l m (מלתה MLTh) - Deliver: KJV (95): (vf: Niphal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Piel) escape, deliver, save, alone, get, lay, preserve - Strongs: H4422 (מָלַט)

N^m) u l m (מלתה MLTh) - Mor KJV (1): clay - Strongs: H4423 (מֶלֶט)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מֶ֫לֶט noun [masculine] mortar, cement (etymology dubious; Aramaic

id., whence Arabic

Frä¹⁰); — Jeremiah 43:9.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מֶלֶט m. cement, so called from being spread or smoothened over (Syr. ܡܠܰܛ to spread, to smear, which is itself from the notion of smoothness, see מָלַט). Arab. مِلَاطُ, Syr. ܡܠܳܛܐܳ id., also Gr. μάλθη, Lat. maltha, Ital. malta, Jeremiah 43:9.

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List of Word Forms

בַּמֶּ֙לֶט֙ במלט bam·me·leṭ bamMelet bammeleṭ