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Saturday, April 19th, 2025
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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #5898 - עִיר הַמֶּלַח

Transliteration

ʻÎyr ham-Melach

Phonetics

eer ham-meh'-lakh

Origin

from (H5892) and (H4417) with the article of substance interp

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Ir-hammelech = "the city of salt"
1. a place in the desert of Judah

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Joshua 1

BSB (1)

Joshua 2

CSB (0)

The Christian Standard Bible®
did not use
this Strong's Number

ESV (1)

Joshua 1

KJV (1)

Joshua 1

LEB (1)

Joshua 1

LSB (3)

Joshua 3

N95 (2)

Joshua 2

NAS (3)

Joshua 2

NLT (0)

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

WEB (1)

Joshua 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

עִירהַֿמֶּ֫לַח proper name, of a location ( city of salt) in desert of Judah, Joshua 15:62 (P; + Ên-gedi), πόλεις Σαδων (A ᵐ5^L [τῶν] ἁλῶν); site unknown.

List of Word Forms

הַמֶּ֖לַח המלח ham·me·laḥ hamMelach hammelaḥ