Hebrew verb · H4414
מָלַח
malachmaw-lakh'
to dissipate; to salt
5 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mâlach
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4414is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4414
properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively, to disappear as dust; to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt)
The King James renders it: [idiom] at all, salt, season, temper together, vanish away.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
malach is rendered "to dissipate; to salt". It stands 5 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to dissipate".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 30:35and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
Exodus 30:35מְמֻלָּ֖ח
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's five uses are in Ezekiel.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to dissipate, and to salt.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to dissipateStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereExodus 30:35and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy. |
| to saltStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and certainly to be salted1
- salted1
- they will be dispersed1
- you were rubbed with salt1
- you will salt1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הֻמְלַ֔חַתְּ1
- וְהָמְלֵ֙חַ֙1
- מְמֻלָּ֖ח1
- נִמְלָ֙חוּ֙1
- תִּמְלָח֒1
The grammar of each form
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative passive (hophal), infinitive absolute1HC/VHaa
- verb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singular1HVHp2fs
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural1HVNp3cp
- verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singular1HVPsmsa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVqi2ms
Exodus
one use
and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
- מְמֻלָּ֖חmemulachverb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: salted
Leviticus
one use
And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.
- תִּמְלָח֒timlachverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will salt
Isaiah
one use
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
- נִמְלָ֙חוּ֙nimlachuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they will be dispersed
Ezekiel
two uses
On the day of your birth your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.
- וְהָמְלֵ֙חַ֙vehameleachconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative passive (hophal), infinitive absolutetagged: and certainly to be salted
- הֻמְלַ֔חַתְּhumlachatverb · causative passive (hophal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you were rubbed with salt
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.