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Saltiness

מְלֵחָהStrong’s H4420

melechah (me-le-chah)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Melechah is the Hebrew word usually translated “saltiness” and “into saltiness”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.”
Job 39:6 KJV
Meaning
  1. Saltness, barrenness, saltiness
How it's translated
  • saltiness 2
  • into saltiness 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Job 1
  • Psalms 1
  • Jeremiah 1

3 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

מְלֵחָה melechah · saltiness

saltness, barrenness, saltiness

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.