King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5898
Transliteration: Ir Hammelach
Phonetic Spelling: (eer ham-meh'-lakh)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: "city of salt", a place in the Judean desert
Meaning: Salt -- "city of salt", a place in the Judean desert
Word Summary
Ir Hammelach: "city of salt", a place in the Judean desert
Original Word: עִיר הַמֶּלַחTransliteration: Ir Hammelach
Phonetic Spelling: (eer ham-meh'-lakh)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: "city of salt", a place in the Judean desert
Meaning: Salt -- "city of salt", a place in the Judean desert
Strong's Concordance
Ir-ham-Melach, a place near Palestine -- the city of saltFrom iyr and melach with the article of substance interp.; city of (the) salt; Ir-ham-Melach, a place near Palestine -- the city of salt.
see HEBREW iyr
see HEBREW melach
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5898. Ir
Hammelach עִירהַֿמֶּ֫לַח proper name, of a location (city of salt) in desert of Judah, Joshua 15:62 (P; + Ên-gedi), πόλεις Σαδων (A ᵐ5L [τῶν] ἁλῶν); site unknown.