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title: מְלֵחָה — saltness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מְלֵחָה (4420), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: saltness. BDB 1906: n.f. saltness, barrenness;. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מְלֵחָה

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«מְלֵחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **saltness** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 4420 · **BDB:** מְלֵחָה

### Glosses

\[the\].saltiness (1); of.saltiness (1); saltiness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

saltness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4420/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. saltness, barrenness; [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4420/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. saltness, barrenness;—Jb 39:6 (‖ עֲרָבָה) as dwelling-place of wild ass, salt-plain; אֶרֶץ מְלֵחָה Je 17:6 (‖ לֹא תֵשֵׁב); ψ 107:34 (opp. אֶרֶץ פְּרִי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מְלֵחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4420/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 39:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.6/)

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אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֣מְתִּי עֲרָבָ֣ה בֵית֑וֹ וּֽמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֥יו מְלֵֽחָה׃

*Word for word:* which I.appointed \[the\].desert.plain home its and dwelling-places its \[the\].saltiness

*JPS 1917:* Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling-place.

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[Psalms 107:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.34/)

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אֶ֣רֶץ פְּ֭רִי לִמְלֵחָ֑ה מֵ֝רָעַ֗ת יֹ֣שְׁבֵי בָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* a.land of.fruit into saltiness from the.evil of.\[those.who\].dwell in it

*JPS 1917:* A fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

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