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title: מָלַח — tear away · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָלַח (4414), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: tear away. BDB 1906: vb. tear away dissipate. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָלַח

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«מָלַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tear away** — 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:** 4414 · **BDB:** מָלַח

### Glosses

they.will.be.dispersed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tear away [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4414/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. tear away dissipate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4414/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. tear away, fig. dissipate (cf. Arabic مَلَخَ pull out eye, tooth, \&c.; especially Dozy tear off branch to plant it, \&c. so Ethiopic መልኀ evellere);— fig. be dispersed in fragments, dissipated, Pf. שָׁמַיִם כֶּעָשָׁן נִמְלָ֑חוּ Is 51:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָלַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4414/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 51:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.6/)

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שְׂאוּ֩ לַשָּׁמַ֨יִם עֵֽינֵיכֶ֜ם וְֽהַבִּ֧יטוּ אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ מִתַּ֗חַת כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֜יִם כֶּעָשָׁ֤ן נִמְלָ֙חוּ֙ וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ כַּבֶּ֣גֶד תִּבְלֶ֔ה וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ כְּמוֹ־כֵ֣ן יְמוּת֑וּן וִישֽׁוּעָתִי֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה וְצִדְקָתִ֖י לֹ֥א תֵחָֽת׃ס

*Word for word:* lift.up to the heavens eyes your and look to the earth (from) beneath (dm) \[the\].heavens like (the) smoke they.will.be.dispersed and the earth like (the) garment it.will.wear.out and inhabitants its like gnat\[s\] they will.die and salvation my forever of.perpetuity it.will.be and righteousness my not it.will.be.broken

*JPS 1917:* Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but My salvation shall be for ever, and My favour shall not be abolished.

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