Lexical Summary melechah: saltiness, barrenness Original Word: מְלֵחָהTransliteration: melechah Phonetic Spelling: (mel-ay-khaw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: saltiness, barrenness Meaning: saltiness, barrenness Strong's Concordance barren land, salt land From malach (in its denominative sense); properly, salted (i.e. Land ('erets being understood)), i.e. A desert -- barren land(-ness), salt (land). see HEBREW malach see HEBREW 'erets Brown-Driver-Briggs H4420. melechah מְלֵחָה noun feminine saltness, barrenness; — Job 39:6 ("" עֲרָבָה) as dwelling-place of wild ass, salt-plain; מְלֵחָה אֶרֶץ Jeremiah 17:6 ("" תֵשֵׁב לֹא); Psalm 107:34 (opposed to מְּרִי אֶרֶץ). |
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