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H4414

מָלַח

mâlach · maw-lakh'

properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively, to disappear as dust; to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt)

Lexicon

Derivation: a primitive root; also as denominative from H4417 (מֶלַח)

properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively, to disappear as dust; to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt)

  1. properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize
  2. intransitively, to disappear as dust
  3. to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt)

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: [idiom] at all, salt, season, temper together, vanish away.

Letters

מ
Mem
ל
Lamed
ח
Het
  1. מMem40

    Picture: waves of water

    Concrete
    water · sea · blood · liquid
    Extended
    chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
  2. לLamed30

    Picture: shepherd's staff or goad

    Concrete
    staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
    Extended
    authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
  3. חHet8

    Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure

    Concrete
    wall · fence · tent wall
    Extended
    to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › to separate and protect

Water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָלַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

  • tempered1 · 20%
  • shalt thou season1 · 20%
  • shall vanish away1 · 20%
  • thee; thou wast not salted1 · 20%
  • at all1 · 20%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

וְהָמְלֵ֙חַ֙1הֻמְלַ֔חַתְּ1תִּמְלָח֒1נִמְלָ֙חוּ֙1מְמֻלָּ֖ח1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance