II. מֶ֫לַח noun masculine salt (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic ; Aramaic , מִלְחָא); — ׳מ absolute [Gen 19:26] +; construct [Lev 2:13] — salt for seasoning food [Job 6:6] offering [Lev 2:13] (3 t. in verse) compare [Ezek 43:24] בְּרִית מֶ֫לַח [Num 18:19]; [2Chr 13:5] (compare [Lev 2:13] see Di); used in purifying waters [2Kgs 2:20]; [2Kgs 2:21] strewn on site of devoted city [Judg 9:45] compare [Zeph 2:9] (׳מִכְרֵהמֿ) [Deut 29:22] (|| גָּפְרִית); produced in marshes reserved for purpose [Ezek 47:11] pillar of salt ׳נְצִיב מ [Gen 19:26] usually in combination הַמֶּלַח יָם (ֿׅ [Gen 14:3] (עֶ֫מֶק הַשִּׂדִּים), [Num 34:3]; [Num 34:12]; [Deut 3:17] (|| יָם הָעֲתָבָה), [Josh 3:16]; [Josh 12:3]; [Josh 15:2]; [Josh 15:5]; [Josh 18:19] also ׳גֵיאמֿ [2Sam 8:13]; [2Kgs 14:7] Qr, [Ps 60:2] (title), ׳גֵּיא הַמּ [1Chr 18:12]; [2Chr 25:11]; [2Kgs 14:7] Kt.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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