Malach מָלַח
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| מָלַח | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | malach |
| Strong's number | H4414 (H4414B, H4414A) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to salt |
| Occurrences | 5 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Exodus (1) |
Malach (Hebrew מָלַח, Strong's H4414) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to salt”. It occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H4414B: to salt
1) to salt, season
1a) (Qal) to salt, season
1b) (Pual) to be salted
1c) (Hophal) to be rubbed or washed with salt
Aramaic equivalent: me.lach (מְלַח "to eat salt" H4415)
1a) (Qal) to salt, season
1b) (Pual) to be salted
1c) (Hophal) to be rubbed or washed with salt
Aramaic equivalent: me.lach (מְלַח "to eat salt" H4415)
H4414A: to dissipate
1) to tear away, dissipate
1a) (Niphal) to be dispersed, be dissipated
1a) (Niphal) to be dispersed, be dissipated
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | tempered (1), season (1), away (1), salted (1), all (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | seasoned with salt (1), you shall season (1), will vanish (1), rubbed with salt (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Malach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 30:35And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:and make a fragrant blend of incense, the work of a perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
Leviticus
- Leviticus 2:13And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.And 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
- Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.Lift 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
- Ezekiel 16:4And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.On 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.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).