Strong's Lexicon

H4414

H4414 — מָלַח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmalachverb-stemOccurrences: 5TWOT: 1196

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4414
Word:	מָלַח
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	5
Transliteration:	malach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	maw-lakh'
Meaning:	1. (properly) to rub to pieces or pulverize 2. (intransitively) to disappear as dust 3. (as denominative from H4417) to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt)
KJV Renderings:	X at all, salt, season, temper together, vanish away.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4657

I. [מָלַח] verb tear away, figurative dissipate (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 2989] pull out eye, tooth, &c.; especially Dozy tear off branch to plant it, &c. so Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2990] evellere); —

Niph`al figurative be dispersed in fragments, dissipated, Perfect שָׁמַיִם כֶּעָשָׁן נִמְלָ֑חוּ Isa 51:6.

BDB4661

III. [מָלַח] verb denominative salt, season;

Qal Imperfect 2 masculine singular תִּמְלָ֑ךְ followed by accusative Lev 2:13 (object offering).

Pu`al Participle מְמֻלָּח Exod 30:35 salted, i.e. the incense (see Di.)

Hoph`al Perfect 2 feminine singular + Infinitive absolute הָמְלֵחַ לֹא הֻמְלַ֫חַתּ Ezek 16:4 , i.e. rubbed or washed with salt (of infant, in personification).

BDB9660

[מְלַח] verb denominative with accusative of cognate meaning with verb, eat salt; —

Pe`al Perfect 1 plural מְלַחְנָא Ezra 4:14 we have eaten the salt of the palace (so most), i.e. have assumed obligations of loyalty, compare M^69* K^{§ 71, 2} (and Syriac [untranscribed source text 6076] be intimate with PS²¹³⁴); Str (after Nes^{MM 30 f.}) thinks noun with suffix: our salt is the salt of the palace.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מלח (mā-lach’)

Leviticus 2:13

KJV: And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.

EHCC: shalt thou season (lit. thou shalt salt) with

Exodus 30:35

KJV: And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:tempered…: Heb. salted

EHCC: tempered together, (marg. salted) pure

Ezekiel 16:4

KJV: And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.to supple…: or, when I looked upon thee

EHCC: thow wast not salied at all,