מלוח

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic مَالِح (māliḥ).

Adjective

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

1. salty, saline

Etymology 2

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