HebrewH5898Noun
עִיר־הַמֶּ֫לַח
ir ham.me.lach
“City of Salt”
1Occurrences
H5898Strong's #
NounPart of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Irham-Melach, a place near Palestine
from H5892 (עִיר) and H4417 (מֶלַח) with the article of substance interp.; city of (the) salt;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Ir-hammelech = "the city of salt" a place in the desert of Judah
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun
Morphology Code
N:N--L
Full Description
N:N--L
Occurrences
עִיר־הַמֶּ֫לַח appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Joshua
1
Key Passages
Joshua 15:62BSB
Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six cities, along with their villages.
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