H4418 - מָלָח (mâlâch)

H4418 מָלָח (mâlâch) maw-lawkh'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 4414 in its original sense; a rag or old garment

KJV Usage: rotten rag

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מֶ֫לַח (ma.lach) — rag. rag

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מֶלַח (H4417 · H4418)

noun m · עִיר־הַמֶּלַח

Minerals | ≈ גָּפְרִית

salt = white crystalline substance, mainly consisting of sodium chloride; ► normally used for seasoning or preserving food; ≈ associated with infertility of the soil but also with permanence

GEN 19:26 · LEV 2:13 · LEV 2:13 · LEV 2:13 · NUM 18:19 · DEU 29:22 · JDG 9:45 · 2KI 2:20 · 2KI 2:21 · 2CH 13:5 · JOB 6:6 · EZK 43:24 · EZK 47:11 · ZEP 2:9

Names of Landforms

Collocation: גֵּיא מֶלַח

Valley of Salt = valley, ◄ located south of Dead Sea; ► location where several battles with the Edomites took place

2KI 14:7

Names of Waterbodies

Collocation: יָם מֶלֶח

Salt Sea = literally: Sea of Salt; one of the names of the Dead Sea, because of the high concentration of salt in its water

GEN 14:3 · NUM 34:3 · NUM 34:12 · DEU 3:17 · JOS 3:16 · JOS 12:3 · JOS 15:2 · JOS 15:5 · JOS 18:19

noun m · מלח

Clothing | noun m pl | ≈ סְחָבָה

old clothes, rags = pieces of worn out clothing that are no longer fit for wearing

JER 38:11 · JER 38:12

¹ 2KI 14:7 MT-K המלח | MT-Q מֶלַח

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[מֶ֫לַח or מָלָח] n.[m.] rag; only pl. base