The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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מְלַח מִלְחָא‏ n.f. salt

salt Com. GenApoc 21.16 : י֗מא רבא דן די מלחא‏ this great sea of salt. TgO Gen19:26 : וַהוָת קָמָא דִמלַח‏ she became a pillar of salt. TN Gen14:3 : ימה דמלחה‏ . TgEsth² 3:3(5) : במזופיתי׳ שוי טעם מוי כמלחא וריחא דגלגלוי כחמר׳‏ in his wrath He made its water's taste like salt and its waves' odor like wine.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 309a; DJBA: 667b; Jastrow: 788; Levy Ch-W: 2:38; Tal Sam: 468; DNWSI: 632; DJA: 62b; Cook,Qumran: 139;

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Derivatives:

mlḥ vb. a/a(u) to salt

mlwḥ, mlwḥˀ (mallūḥ, mallūḥā) adj. salty; salty plant

mlyḥ (mlīḥ) adj. salty; salted