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מָלָח

mâlâch · H4418 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. old clothes, rags

    Pieces of worn out clothing that are no longer fit for wearing

    Examples

    Jeremiah 38:11 So Ebed-melech took the men under his authority and went into the king’s palace to a place beneath the storeroom, and took from there worn-out clothes and worn-out rags, and let them down by ropes into the cistern to Jeremiah.

    Jeremiah 38:12 Then Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Now put these worn-out clothes and rags under your armpits under the ropes”; and Jeremiah did so.

How it’s used In 1 role

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 4 entries
Minerals001002005009
This entry carries no independent "Minerals" sense of its own; both of this lexeme's genuine tagged occurrences (Jeremiah 38:11-12) concern worn-out clothes and rags used to cushion Jeremiah's arms in the cistern, not minerals. The domain is bundle-shared with a related sense.
Names of Landforms003001008
This entry carries no independent "Names of Landforms" sense of its own; both genuine tagged occurrences (Jeremiah 38:11-12) concern rags, not a landform. The domain is bundle-shared with a related sense.
Names of Waterbodies003001015
This entry carries no independent "Names of Waterbodies" sense of its own; both genuine tagged occurrences (Jeremiah 38:11-12) concern rags, not a waterbody. The domain is bundle-shared with a related sense.
Clothing001003001001002
מָלָח most directly names a worn-out rag or piece of old clothing, as in the "worn-out clothes and worn-out rags" Ebed-melech used to cushion the ropes lowering Jeremiah into the cistern (Jeremiah 38:11-12).
Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

מָלַח mâlach · H4414 · to salt, to apply salt, to rub with salt · 5×מֶלַח melach · H4417 · salt · 24×מַלָּח mallâch · H4419 · sailor · 4×מְלַח mᵉlach · H4416 · maintenance, salt · 3×מְלֵחָה mᵉlêchâh · H4420 · salt land, salt waste · 3×מָלָחmâlâch · H4418מַלּוּחַ mallûwach · H4408 · saltbush, saltwort, mallow · 1×מְלַח mᵉlach · H4415 · have maintenance · 1×
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4418. malach I. [מֶ֫לַח or מָלָח] noun [masculine] rag; only plural מְלָחִים Jer…
H4418. malach
I. [מֶ֫לַח or מָלָח] noun [masculine] rag; only plural מְלָחִים Jer 38:11-12, (|| סְחָבוֺת).
II. מלח (√ of following; meaning dubious).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

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