Know the Word.

Hebrew word

mᵉlêchâh

mel-ay-khaw'

מְלֵחָה

What it means

properly, salted, i.e. a desert

properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert

Where it comes from

from mâlach (מָלַח) (in its denominative sense); understood as land (ʼerets (אֶרֶץ))

How the King James translates it

  • barren1
  • barrenness1
  • salt1

Every place it appears 3

Job39:6
Psalms107:34
Jeremiah17:6
mᵉlêchâh — Hebrew word meaning “properly, salted, i.e. a dese”