Definition
a primitive root; also as denominative from H4417 properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively, to disappear as dust; also to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt)
Traditional renderings: × at all, salt, season, temper together, vanish away.
Traditional renderings: × at all, salt, season, temper together, vanish away.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מָלַח:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
5 total
- Exodus 30:35מְמֻלָּ֖ח · seasoned with salt…and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
- Leviticus 2:13תִּמְלָח֒ · And you shall seasonAnd you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.
- Isaiah 51:6נִמְלָ֙חוּ֙ · will vanishLift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
- Ezekiel 16:4וְהָמְלֵ֙חַ֙ · rubbed with salt; הֻמְלַ֔חַתְּOn the day of your birth your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.