מלוח

Hebrew

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /maˈlu.aχ/

Etymology 1

Root
מ־ל־ח (m-l-kh)

Compare Arabic مَالِح (māliḥ).

Adjective

מָלוּחַ • (malúakh) (feminine מְלוּחָה, masculine plural מְלוּחִים, feminine plural מְלוּחוֹת)

1. salty, saline

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic مُلَّاح (mullāḥ, “seepweed”).

Noun

מַלּוּחַ • (malúakh) m

1. saltbush, a plant in the genus Atriplex (mistranslated as mallows in earlier English Bibles).

References

• H4408 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “מלוח” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• מלוח (טעם) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he