H4415: מְלַח
mᵉlach · pronounced mel-akh' · “to eat salt”
Definition
to eat salt, i.e. (generally) subsist
KJV translates it as: [phrase] have maintenance.
Word origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to H4414 (מָלַח);
Extended definition
(P'al) to eat salt
Aramaic of ma.lach (מָלַח "to salt" H4414B)
Aramaic of ma.lach (מָלַח "to salt" H4414B)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4415 is translated
- we eat salt ×1
Bible verses with H4415 (mᵉlach)
Mᵉlach appears in 1 verse.
- Ezra 4:14
Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;