Word Study · Strong's H4416 · Hebrew
מְלַח
melach
mel-akh'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mᵉlach
“salt”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
salt
Rendered in the KJV as
[phrase] maintenance, salt.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- וּמְלַ֖ח1
- מְלַ֤ח1
- מְלַ֣ח׀1
How it is rendered · 3
- [the] salt of1
- and salt1
- salt1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- AC/Ncbsa · 1
- ANcbsa · 1
- ANcbsc · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Ezra3 occurrences
- Ezra 4:14מְלַ֤חmelachnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)Now because we are in the service of the palace and it is not fitting for us to allow the king to be dishonored, we have sent to inform the kinghere: [the] salt of
- Ezra 6:9מְלַ֣ח׀melachnoun · masculine or feminine singularWhatever is needed—young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, as well as wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem—must be given to them daily without fail.here: salt
- Ezra 7:22וּמְלַ֖חumelachconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singularup to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt without limit.here: and salt
Same headword in Strong's