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Lexicon :: Strong's H4420 - mᵊlēḥâ

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מְלֵחָה
Transliteration
mᵊlēḥâ
Pronunciation
mel-ay-khaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From מָלַח (H4414) (in its denominative sense)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1197b

Strong’s Definitions

מְלֵחָה mᵉlêchâh, mel-ay-khaw'; from H4414 (in its denominative sense); understood as land (H776) properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert:—barren land(-ness), salt (land).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H4420 in the following manner: barren (1x), barrenness (1x), salt (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H4420 in the following manner: barren (1x), barrenness (1x), salt (1x).
  1. saltness, barrenness, saltiness

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְלֵחָה mᵉlêchâh, mel-ay-khaw'; from H4414 (in its denominative sense); understood as land (H776) properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert:—barren land(-ness), salt (land).
STRONGS H4420: Abbreviations
מְלֵחָה noun feminine saltness, barrenness; — Job 39:6 (|| עֲרָבָה) as dwelling-place of wild ass, salt-plain; אֶרֶץ מְלֵחָה Jeremiah 17:6 (|| לֹא תֵשֵׁב); Psalm 107:34 (opposed to פְּרִי אֶרֶץ).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

39:6

Psalms

107:34

Jeremiah

17:6

H4420

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4420 matches the Hebrew מְלֵחָה (mᵊlēḥâ),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:6 - I gave it the wasteland as its home, the salt flats as its habitat.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:34 - and fruitful land into a salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:6 - That person will be like a bush in the wastelands; they will not see prosperity when it comes. They will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
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