Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H5898: עִיר הַמֶּלַח

ʻÎyr ham-Melach · pronounced eer ham-meh'-lakh · “City of Salt”

Definition

Irham-Melach, a place near Palestine

KJV translates it as: the city of salt.

Word origin: from H5892 (עִיר) and H4417 (מֶלַח) with the article of substance interp.; city of (the) salt;

Extended definition

§ Ir-hammelech = "the city of salt"
a place in the desert of Judah

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H5898 is translated

  • the city of ×1
  • salt ×1

Bible verses with H5898 (ʻÎyr ham-Melach)

ʻîyr ham-melach appears in 1 verse.

  • Joshua 15:62

    And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En–gedi; six cities with their villages.