מְלַח

Strong’s Definition

to eat salt, i.e. (generally) subsist

Etymology & Derivation

(Aramaic) corresponding to H4414 (מָלַח);

KJV Usage

[phrase] have maintenance.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(p'al) to eat salt

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: mᵉlach; Pronunciation: mel-akh'