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title: מָלַח — salt · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָלַח (lemma:מָלַח), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: salt. BDB 1906: vb. denom. salt, season. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָלַח

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«מָלַח» in the Tanakh dictionary: **salt** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:מָלַח · **BDB:** מָלַח²

### Glosses

at.all.(be.salted) (1); salted (1); you.were.rubbed.with.salt (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

salt [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5dc_5b7_5d7/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. salt, season [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5dc_5b7_5d7/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. salt, season; Impf. 2 ms. תִּמְלָ֑ח sq. acc. Lv 2:13 (obj. offering). Pt. מְמֻלָּח Ex 30:35 salted, i.e. the incense (v. Di.) Pf. 2 fs. + Inf. abs. הָמְלֵחַ לֹא הֻמְלַ֫חַתְּ Ez 16:4, i.e. rubbed or washed with salt (of infant, in personification).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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 «מָלַח» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/lemma_3a_5de_5b8_5dc_5b7_5d7/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 30:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.30.35/)

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וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ אֹתָהּ֙ קְטֹ֔רֶת רֹ֖קַח מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה רוֹקֵ֑חַ מְמֻלָּ֖ח טָה֥וֹר קֹֽדֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.make it incense ointment \[the\].work of.a.perfumer salted pure a.holy.thing

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

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[Leviticus 2:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.2.13/)

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וְכָל־קָרְבַּ֣ן מִנְחָתְךָ֮ בַּמֶּ֣לַח תִּמְלָח֒ וְלֹ֣א תַשְׁבִּ֗ית מֶ֚לַח בְּרִ֣ית אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ מֵעַ֖ל מִנְחָתֶ֑ךָ עַ֥ל כָּל־קָרְבָּנְךָ֖ תַּקְרִ֥יב מֶֽלַח׃ס

*Word for word:* and every present your.grain.offering your with (the) salt you.will.salt and not you.must.cause.to.cease the.salt of.the.covenant your.God your from on offering your.grain with every present your you.will.present salt

*JPS 1917:* And every meal-offering of thine shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meal-offering; with all thy offerings thou shalt offer salt.

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