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title: מַלּוּחַ — mallow · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַלּוּחַ (4408), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: mallow. BDB 1906: mallow. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַלּוּחַ

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«מַלּוּחַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **mallow** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 4408 · **BDB:** מַלּוּחַ

### Glosses

mallow (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

mallow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4408/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

mallow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4408/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] mallow; plant growing in salt-marsh; Jb 30:4 (cf. NowArch. i. 67, 112).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַלּוּחַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4408/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.4/)

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הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים מַלּ֣וּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[those who\].pluck.off mallow on bush\[es\] and.\[the\] root of.broom.plants their.food them

*JPS 1917:* They pluck salt-wort with wormwood; and the roots of the broom are their food.

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