Hebrew · Strong's H4414
מָלַח
malachmaw-lakh'
properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize
1890 spelling: mâlach
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
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)
Rendered in the KJV as
[idiom] at all, salt, season, temper together, vanish away.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- הֻמְלַ֔חַתְּ1
- וְהָמְלֵ֙חַ֙1
- מְמֻלָּ֖ח1
- נִמְלָ֙חוּ֙1
- תִּמְלָח֒1
How it is rendered · 5
- and certainly to be salted1
- salted1
- they will be dispersed1
- you were rubbed with salt1
- you will salt1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative passive (hophal), infinitive absolute1
- verb · causative passive (hophal), completed action · 2nd person feminine singular1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
- verb · intensive passive (pual), passive participle · masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/VHaa · 1
- HVHp2fs · 1
- HVNp3cp · 1
- HVPsmsa · 1
- HVqi2ms · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 16:4וְהָמְלֵ֙חַ֙vehameleachconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative passive (hophal), infinitive absoluteOn 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.here: and certainly to be salted
- Ezekiel 16:4הֻמְלַ֔חַתְּhumlachatverb · causative passive (hophal), completed action · 2nd person feminine singularOn 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.here: you were rubbed with salt