King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4420
Transliteration: melechah
Phonetic Spelling: (mel-ay-khaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: saltiness, barrenness
Meaning: saltiness, barrenness
Word Summary
melechah: saltiness, barrenness
Original Word: מְלֵחָהTransliteration: melechah
Phonetic Spelling: (mel-ay-khaw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: saltiness, barrenness
Meaning: saltiness, barrenness
Strong's Concordance
barren land, salt land From malach (in its denominative sense); properly, salted (i.e. Land ('erets being understood)), i.e. A desert -- barren land(-ness), salt (land).
see HEBREW malach
see HEBREW 'erets
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4420. melechah
מְלֵחָה noun feminine saltness, barrenness; — Job 39:6 ("" עֲרָבָה) as dwelling-place of wild ass, salt-plain; מְלֵחָה אֶרֶץ Jeremiah 17:6 ("" תֵשֵׁב לֹא); Psalm 107:34 (opposed to מְּרִי אֶרֶץ).