Hebrew word
mâlach
maw-lakh'
מָלַח
What it means
properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize
properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively, to disappear as dust; to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt)
Where it comes from
a primitive root; also as denominative from melach (מֶלַח)