H4420 · מְלֵחָה
mᵉlêchâh · mel-ay-khaw' · barren, salt
H4420 (mᵉlêchâh, pronounced mel-ay-khaw') is the Hebrew word מְלֵחָה in Strong’s dictionary: properly, salted (i. It appears 3 times in 3 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- מְלֵחָה (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- mᵉlêchâh
- Pronunciation
- mel-ay-khaw'
- Derivation
- from H4414 (מָלַח) (in its denominative sense); understood as land (H776 (אֶרֶץ))
- Definition
- properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert
- Rendered in the KJV
- barren land(-ness), salt (land).
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
3 occurrences in 3 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “and the salt flats” ×1
- “in a salt” ×1
- “into fields of salt” ×1
By book
Job 1 · Psalms 1 · Jeremiah 1
Verses
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H4420.