H4414B

מָלַח

ma.lachH:V

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)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. [מָלַח] verb tear away, figurative dissipate (compare Arabic pull out eye, tooth, &c.; especially Dozy tear off branch to plant it, &c. so Ethiopic evellere); —

Niph`al figurative be dispersed in fragments, dissipated, Perfect שָׁמַיִם כֶּעָשָׁן נִמְלָ֑חוּ Isa 51:6.

III. [מָלַח] verb denominative salt, season; Qal Imperfect 2 masculine singular תִּמְלָ֑ךְ followed by accusative Lev 2:13 (object offering). Pu`al Participle מְמֻלָּח Exod 30:35 salted, i.e. the incense (see Di.) Hoph`al Perfect 2 feminine singular + Infinitive absolute הָמְלֵחַ לֹא הֻמְלַ֫חַתּ Ezek 16:4, i.e. rubbed or washed with salt (of infant, in personification).

[מְלַח] verb denominative with accusative of congnate meaning with verb, eat salt; —

Pe`al Perfect 1 plural מְלַחְנָא Ezra 4:14 we have eaten the salt of the palace (so most), i.e. have assumed obligations of loyalty, compare M^69* K^{§ 71, 2} (and Syriac be intimate with PS²¹³⁴); Str (after Nes^{MM 30 f.}) thinks noun with suffix: our salt is the salt of the palace.

3 occurrences

Exodus (1), Leviticus (1), Ezekiel (1)