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מְלֵחָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4420

saltness — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

saltness tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מְלֵחָה: n.f. saltness, barrenness; tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. saltness, barrenness;—Jb 39:6 (‖ עֲרָבָה) as dwelling-place of wild ass, salt-plain; אֶרֶץ מְלֵחָה Je 17:6 (‖ לֹא תֵשֵׁב); ψ 107:34 (opp. אֶרֶץ פְּרִי).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [the] saltiness (1); of saltiness (1); saltiness (1).

In the verses

Job 39:6 · tree →

אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֣מְתִּי עֲרָבָ֣ה בֵית֑וֹ וּֽמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֥יו מְלֵֽחָה׃

Word for word: which I.appointed [the].desert.plain home its and dwelling-places its [the].saltiness

JPS 1917: Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling-place.

Psalms 107:34 · tree →

אֶ֣רֶץ פְּ֭רִי לִמְלֵחָ֑ה מֵ֝רָעַ֗ת יֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃

Word for word: a.land of.fruit into saltiness from the.evil of.[those.who].dwell in it

JPS 1917: A fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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