מָלַח
malach · salt
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4414 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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malach (מָלַח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “salt”.
Season with salt; rub with salt.
How to say it
ma·lach
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To rub or sprinkle with salt, for flavor or to preserve.
- To vanish and disappear like smoke.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- rubbed with salt ×2
- salted ×1
- will vanish ×1
- you shall season ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 30:35
You shall make of it incense, a blend, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, holy.
- Leviticus 2:13
Every offering of your grain offering you shall season with salt; and you shall not leave out the salt of the covenant of your Elohim from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall present salt.
- Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens like smoke will vanish, and the earth like a garment will wear out, and its inhabitants likewise will die; but my salvation will be forever, and my righteousness will not be shattered.
- Ezekiel 16:4
And as for your birth, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, and you were not washed with water for cleansing, and you were not rubbed with salt, and you were not wrapped in cloths.
And 1 more times.