Strong's Lexicon

H4415

H4415 — מְלַח

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

AramaicmlachverbOccurrences: 1TWOT: 2828

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4415
Word:	מְלַח
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	(Aramaic) corresponding to H4414
Language:	Aramaic
Occurrences:	1
Transliteration:	mlach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mel-akh'
Meaning:	1. to eat salt 2. (generally) to subsist
KJV Renderings:	+ have maintenance.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9472

[הֵיכַל] noun masculine palace, temple (Assyrian loan-word; Biblical Hebrew; also Palmyrene היכלא and הכלא Lzb²⁵⁹ SAC⁴³); — emphatic הֵיכְלָא Ezra 4:14 +; construct הֵיכַל Dan 4:26 suffix הֵיכְּ לִי Dan 4:1, לֵהּ - Dan 6:19 —

1. place of king Dan 4:1; Dan 4:26; Dan 5:5; Dan 6:19; Ezra 4:14 (see מְלַח ).

2. temple:

a. in Jerusalem Dan 5:2; Dan 5:3; Ezra 5:14 a.; Ezra 5:15; Ezra 6:5 (twice in verse).

b. in Babylon Ezra 5:14 b.c.

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 (’lagh)

Concordance entry

EHCC: #& PAL. —Preterite. ® Esr. 4:14. Now because we have maintenance (marg. are salted with the salt of)