Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #218662

Aramaic

OSHB Ezra 4:14 מְלַח (məlaḩ) Strongs=4416 Lemma=‘מְלַח’
contextual word gloss=‘the_salt_of’ word gloss=‘salt_of’
Aramaic Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-522

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Only use of identical word form ‘מְלַח’ (Aramaic Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘מְלַח’ (Aramaic Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘the_salt_of’.

EZRA 4:14 contextual word gloss=‘the_salt_of’ word gloss=‘salt_of’ OSHB EZRA 4:14 word 5

OET-LV: 14 Now as_to because that the _salt _of the _palace we _eat _salt and_the _dishonour _of Oh/the_king not is_proper for_us to_see concerning this we _have _sent and_we _have _made _known to_the_king. (EZR_4:14)

OET-RV: 14 Now, because we’ve had the favour of the palace, and because we don’t want to see the king dishonoured, that’s why we’ve sent this letter to update the king, (EZR 4:14)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘מְלַח’’ have 2 different glosses: ‘salt’, ‘the_salt_of’.