מְלֵחָה
me.le.chahsaltinessHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine3 occurrences3 books3 verses
Definition
from H4414 (in its denominative sense); understood as land (H776) properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert
Traditional renderings: barren land(-ness), salt (land).
Traditional renderings: barren land(-ness), salt (land).
Usage patterns
Occurrences
3 total
- Job 39:6מְלֵֽחָה׃ · and the salt flatsI made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
- Psalm 107:34לִמְלֵחָ֑ה · into fields of salt…and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
- Jeremiah 17:6מְלֵחָ֖ה · in a saltHe will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.