Word Study · Strong's H4420 · Hebrew
מְלֵחָה
melechah
mel-ay-khaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mᵉlêchâh
“properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert
Rendered in the KJV as
barren land(-ness), salt (land).
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- לִמְלֵחָ֑ה1
- מְלֵחָ֖ה1
- מְלֵֽחָה׃1
How it is rendered · 3
- [the] saltiness1
- into saltiness1
- saltiness1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · feminine singular2
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 2
- HR/Ncfsa · 1
All 3, in canonical order
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