מְלַח
melach · salt
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H4416 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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melach (מְלַח) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “salt”.
(Aramaic).
How to say it
me·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
- Salt; to eat the palace salt is to live from the king.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Ezra 4:14
Now, because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the dishonor of the king, therefore we have sent and informed the king,
- Ezra 6:9
And whatever is needed, young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the Elah of the heavens, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who are in Jerusalem, let it be given to them day by day without negligence,
- Ezra 7:22
up to one hundred talents of silver, and up to one hundred cors of wheat, and up to one hundred baths of wine, and up to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without measure.