מְלֵחָה
mᵉlêchâh · mel-ay-khaw'
properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4414 (מָלַח) (in its denominative sense); understood as land (H776 (אֶרֶץ))
properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: barren land(-ness), salt (land).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › to separate and protect › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְלֵחָה 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the barren1 · 33%
- into barrenness1 · 33%
- in a salt1 · 33%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.