2 Kings 14:7:42 Kgs.14.7.W4TAB
מֶ֙לַח֙
melakh
“salt”
- Transliteration
- ME-lakh
- Extended
- MEH-lahkh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛlaħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- salt
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
ME-lakh
- phraseyour reading level
HU-HI-ka et-e-DOM be-GE-a-ha-me-lakh ME-lakh
- clause
HU-HI-ka et-e-DOM be-GE-a-ha-me-lakh ME-lakh a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ve-ta-FAS et-ha-SE-la ba-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
HU-HI-ka et-e-DOM be-GE-a-ha-me-lakh ME-lakh a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ve-ta-FAS et-ha-SE-la ba-mil-kha-MA va-yik-RA et-she-MA yok-te-EL AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The locative construct bĕgēʾ melaḥ {בְּגֵיא־מֶ֙לַח֙ | bə-gēʾ mĕlaḥ} ‘in the Valley of Salt’ precisely situates the action.
Root and etymology
l-ḥ-mlaḥam
“to fight”
In context — 2 Kings 14:7
He struck Edom in the Valley of Salt—ten thousand—and captured the Sela in battle. He named it Joktheel, to this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:7:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 14:7, so the Hebrew word מֶ֙לַח֙ (melakh) 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 2 Kgs.14.7.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.7.W4.S1) and character.