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H4417Hמֶ֫לַחme.lach

(Valley of) SaltPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 1
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 1
  13. 1
  14. 1
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. Job: 0
  19. 1
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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Other meanings of H4417

  • H4417Gמֶ֫לַחme.lachSalt (Sea)H:N-MOccurrences: 9
  • H4417Mמֶ֫לַחme.lachsaltH:N-MOccurrences: 14

5 occurrences in 5 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 2 Samuel 8:13

    And David got him a name when he returned from smiting the Arameans in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.

    מֶ֑לַח Me.lach “Salt”

  2. 2 Kings 14:7

    He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day.

    מֶ֙לַח֙ me.lach “Salt”

  3. 1 Chronicles 18:12

    Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.

    הַמֶּ֔לַח (מֶּ֔לַח) Me.lach “Salt”

  4. 2 Chronicles 25:11

    And Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to the Valley of Salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.

    הַמֶּ֑לַח (מֶּ֑לַח) Me.lach “Salt”

  5. Psalms 60:1, 2

    1For the Leader; upon Shushan Eduth; Michtam of David, to teach; 2when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.

    מֶ֑לַח Me.lach “Salt”