Genesis 14:3:7Gen.14.3.W7TAB
הַמֶּֽלַח׃
hamelakh
“salt”
- Transliteration
- ha-ME-lakh
- Extended
- hah-MEH-lahkh
- IPA
- /ham.ˈmɛ.laħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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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Word in context
- word
ha-ME-lakh
- phraseyour reading level
YAM ha-ME-lakh
- clause
HU YAM ha-ME-lakh
- sentence
kol-EL-leh kha-ve-RU el-E-mek ha-si-DIM HU YAM ha-ME-lakh
Exegesis
The following clause hu yam ha-melach {הוּא יָם הַמֶּלַח | hûʾ yām ham-melaḥ} is a nominal (equative) clause where hu {הוּא | hûʾ} functions as a copular pronoun, yielding the sense ‘it is the Salt Sea’. This clause is appositional to emek ha-sidim, giving a geographical identification that connects the ancient to the more familiar name. In English, this equative structure is rendered with an explicit verb “is” and treated as an explanatory tag (“it is the Salt Sea” / “which is called the Salt Sea”). The overall syntax thus moves from comprehensive subject, to unified action, to precise location, and finally to clarifying identification, underscoring both the coalition of kings and the strategic, well-known setting of their gathering.
Root and etymology
m-l-ḥ
“salt”
In context — Genesis 14:3
All these joined together in the Valley of Siddim—it is the Salt Sea .
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 14:3, so the Hebrew word הַמֶּֽלַח׃ (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 Gen.14.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.3.W7.S1) and character.