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H4417Mמֶ֫לַחme.lach

saltPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 1
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. 3
  4. 1
  5. 1
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 1
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 1
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 2
  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. 1
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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Other meanings of H4417

  • H4417Gמֶ֫לַחme.lachSalt (Sea)H:N-MOccurrences: 9
  • H4417Hמֶ֫לַחme.lach(Valley of) SaltH:N-MOccurrences: 5

14 occurrences in 12 verses

With their references and text in American Standard Version.

  1. Genesis 19:26

    But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

    מֶֽלַח׃ Me.lach “salt”

  2. Leviticus 2:13

    And every oblation of thy meal-offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meal-offering: with all thine oblations thou shalt offer salt.

    בַּמֶּ֣לַח (מֶּ֣לַח) Me.lach “salt”מֶ֚לַח Me.lach “[the] salt of”מֶֽלַח׃ Me.lach “salt”

  3. Numbers 18:19

    All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto Jehovah, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a portion for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before Jehovah unto thee and to thy seed with thee.

    מֶ֨לַח Me.lach “salt of”

  4. Deuteronomy 29:23

    [supplied: and that] the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, [supplied: and] a burning, [supplied: that] it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

    וָמֶלַח֮ (מֶלַח֮) me.Lach “salt”

  5. Judges 9:45

    And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that were therein: and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

    מֶֽלַח׃ Me.lach “salt”

  6. 2 Kings 2:20

    And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

    מֶ֑לַח Me.lach “salt”

  7. 2 Kings 2:21

    And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or miscarrying.

    מֶ֑לַח Me.lach “salt”

  8. 2 Chronicles 13:5

    Ought ye not to know that Jehovah, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

    מֶֽלַח׃ Me.lach “salt”

  9. Job 6:6

    Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

    מֶ֑לַח Me.lach “salt”

  10. Ezekiel 43:24

    And thou shalt bring them near before Jehovah, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah.

    מֶ֔לַח Me.lach “salt”

  11. Ezekiel 47:11

    But the miry places thereof, and the marshes thereof, shall not be healed; they shall be given up to salt.

    לְמֶ֥לַח (מֶ֥לַח) Me.lach “salt”

  12. Zephaniah 2:9

    Therefore as I live, saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall make a prey of them, and the remnant of my nation shall inherit them.

    מֶ֥לַח Me.lach “salt”