מָלָח
malach · rag
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4418 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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malach (מָלָח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “rag”.
Worn-out clothing.
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
- Garments frayed and torn.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Jeremiah 38:11
So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went into the house of the king, to a place under the treasury, and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes, and let them down to Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes.
- Jeremiah 38:12
And Ebed-melech the Cushite said to Jeremiah, “Put, please, the old rags and the worn-out clothes under your armpits, beneath the ropes.” And Jeremiah did so.