1 Chronicles 18:12:61 Chr.18.12.W6TAB
הַמֶּ֔לַח
hamelakh
“the salt”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lakh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lahkh
- IPA
- /hamˈmɛlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the salt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ME-lakh
- phraseyour reading level
be-GE ha-ME-lakh
- sentence
ve-av-SHAI ben-tse-ru-YA hi-KA et-e-DOM be-GE ha-ME-lakh she-mo-NA a-SAR A-lef
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase begei hammelach {בְּגֵיא הַמֶּ֔לַח | bə-gê ham-mélaḥ} gives the battle location, with the definite article on “salt” specifying a recognized site.
Root and etymology
consonantsmem–lamed–chet
“salt”
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:12
And Abshai struck down Edom in the Valley of Salt , eighteen thousand.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Chronicles 18:12, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּ֔לַח (hamelakh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.18.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.12.W6.S1) and character.