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Lexicon :: Strong's H5898 - ʿîr hammelaḥ

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עִיר הַמֶּלַח
Transliteration
ʿîr hammelaḥ
Pronunciation
eer ham-meh'-lakh
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From עִיר (H5892) and מֶלַח (H4417) with the article of substance interp
Strong’s Definitions

עִיר הַמֶּלַח ʻÎyr ham-Melach, eer ham-meh'-lakh; from H5892 and H4417 with the article of substance interpretation; city of (the) salt; Irham-Melach, a place near Palestine:—the city of salt.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H5898 in the following manner: city of Salt (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H5898 in the following manner: city of Salt (1x).
  1. Ir-hammelech = "the city of salt"

    1. a place in the desert of Judah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עִיר הַמֶּלַח ʻÎyr ham-Melach, eer ham-meh'-lakh; from H5892 and H4417 with the article of substance interpretation; city of (the) salt; Irham-Melach, a place near Palestine:—the city of salt.
STRONGS H5898: Abbreviations
עִירהַֿמֶּ֫לַח proper name, of a location (city of salt) in desert of Judah, Joshua 15:62 (P; + Ên-gedi), πόλεις Σαδων (A LXX of Lucian (Lag.) [τῶν] ἁλῶν); site unknown.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

15:62

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5898 matches the Hebrew עִיר הַמֶּלַח (ʿîr hammelaḥ),
which occurs 2 times in 1 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:62 - Nibshan, the City of Salt, and Engedi: six cities with their villages.
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