BDB9659
מְלַח noun masculine salt (see Biblical Hebrew); — ׳ מ absolute Ezra 6:9; Ezra 7:22 (both for sacrifices), construct Ezra 4:14.
Strong's Lexicon
H4416
H4416 — מְלַח
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H4416 |
|---|---|
| Word: | מְלַח |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | (Aramaic) from H4415 |
| Language: | Aramaic |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | mlach |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mel-akh' |
| Meaning: | 1. salt |
| KJV Renderings: | + maintenance, salt. |
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Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
מלח (’lagh)
Ezra 4:14
- KJV: Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;we have…: Chaldee, we are salted with the salt of the palace
- EHCC: because we have maintenance from the
Ezra 6:9
- KJV: And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:
- EHCC: wheat, salt, wine, and oil,
Ezra 7:22
- KJV: Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.measures: Chaldee, cors
- EHCC: and salt without prescribing