Strongs Number: H4414
- Hebrew Word
- מָלַח
- Transliteration
- mâlach
- Phonetic
- maw-lakh'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively to disappear as dust; also (as denominative from H4417) to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt)
- BDB Definition
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1. to tear away, dissipate
a. (Niphal) to be dispersed, be dissipated
2. to salt, season
a. (Qal) to salt, season
b. (Pual) to be salted
c. (Hophal) to be rubbed or washed with salt
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- X-(idiom) at {all} {salt} {season} temper {together} vanish away.