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Hebrew wordlink #217903

OSHB Ezra 2:59 מֶלַח (melaḩ) Strongs=8528 Lemma=‘תֵּל מֶלַח’
word gloss=‘-melaḩ’
Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun

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Other uses (3) of identical word form מֶלַח (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מֶלַח’ (Morphology=Np PoS=proper_noun) has 2 different glosses: ‘-melaḩ’, ‘Salt’.

2 SAM 8:13 word gloss=‘Salt’ OSHB 2 SAM 8:13 word 9

OET-LV: 13 And_ Dāvid _he/it _made a _name when_he_returned from_when_he _defeated DOM ʼArām in_the Salt eight- teen thousand. (SA2_8:13)

OET-RV: 13 Then David made more of a name for himself when he returned from defeating eighteen thousand Arameans in the Salt Valley. (SA2 8:13)

NEH 7:61 word gloss=‘-melaḩ’ OSHB NEH 7:61 word 4

OET-LV: 61 and_these are_the_ones _who_came _up from melaḩ Tēl Harsha Kərūⱱ Addon and_ʼImmēr and_not they _were _able to_announce the _house _of their _ancestors _of_of and_their _of_offspring if were_from_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) they. (NEH_7:61)

OET-RV: 61 There were also some who returned from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Keruv, Addon, and Immer, even though they couldn’t prove who their ancestors were, or even that they were descendants of Israelis: (NEH 7:61)

PSA 60:2 word gloss=‘Salt’ OSHB PSA 60:2 word 14

OET-LV: 2 When_he_struggled with ʼArām Nahₐrayim and_DOM ʼArām Tsōⱱāh/(Zobah) and_he _turned _back Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and_he _struck _down DOM ʼEdōm in_the Salt two _plus ten thousand. (PSA_60:2)

OET-RV: 2 You’ve made the land tremble—you’ve torn it apart.
⇔ → Heal its fissures, because it’s shaking. (PSA 60:2)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘תֵּל מֶלַח’’ have 5 different glosses: ‘-melaḩ’, ‘Salt’, ‘of_salt_of’, ‘salt’, ‘the_salt_of’.