BDB4662
מְלֵחָה noun feminine saltness, barrenness; — Job 39:6 (|| עֲרָבָה) as dwelling-place of wild ass, salt-plain; אֶרֶץ מְלֵחָה Jer 17:6 (|| לֹא תֵשֵׁב); Ps 107:34 (opposed to אֶרֶץ פְּרִי).
Strong's Lexicon
H4420
H4420 — מְלֵחָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H4420 |
|---|---|
| Word: | מְלֵחָה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | from H4414 (in its denominative sense) |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | mlechah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mel-ay-khaw' |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) salted (i.e. land (H0776 being understood)), i.e. a desert |
| KJV Renderings: | barren land(-ness), salt (land). |
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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
מלחה (’leh-)
Job 39:6
- KJV: Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.barren…: Heb. salt places
- EHCC: the barren land (mang. salt places) his
Jeremiah 17:6
- KJV: For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
- EHCC: a salt land and not inhabited.