5898. Ir Hammelach
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Ir Hammelach: City of Salt

Original Word: עִיר הַמֶּלַח
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: `Iyr ham-Melach
Pronunciation: eer hah-meh-lakh
Phonetic Spelling: (eer ham-meh'-lakh)
KJV: the city of salt
NASB: City of Salt
Word Origin: [from H5892 (עִיר עָר עָיַר - City) and H4417 (מֶלַח - salt) with the article of substance interpolated]

1. city of (the) salt
2. Ir-ham-Melach, a place near Israel

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Ir-ham-Melach, a place near Palestine -- the city of salt

From 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

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from ir and melach
Definition
"city of salt," a place in the Judean desert
NASB Translation
City of Salt (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
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.

Forms and Transliterations
הַמֶּ֖לַח המלח ham·me·laḥ hamMelach hammelaḥ
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Englishman's Concordance
Joshua 15:62
HEB: וְהַנִּבְשָׁ֥ן וְעִיר־ הַמֶּ֖לַח וְעֵ֣ין גֶּ֑דִי
NAS: and Nibshan and the City of Salt and Engedi;
KJV: And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi;
INT: and Nibshan and the City and Engedi cities

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 5898
1 Occurrence


ham·me·laḥ — 1 Occ.

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