Genesis 14:3:7Gen.14.3.W7PAT

הַמֶּֽלַח׃

hamelakh

salt

Transliteration
ha-ME-lakh
Extended
hah-MEH-lahkh
IPA
/ham.ˈmɛ.laħ/

Meaning by language

English
salt
French
sel
Spanish
sal
Portuguese
sal
German
Salzes
Russian
соли
Arabic-Simplified
الملح
Hindi
नमक का
Chinese-Simplified
盐的
Korean
소금의
Indonesian
garam
Bengali
লবণের
Tagalog
asin
Swahili
chumvi
Amharic
የጨው
Yoruba
iyo
Igbo
nnu
Twi
nkyene
Ewe
dze

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Result
הַ + מֶּֽ + לַח׃
ha + me + lakh
hamelakh

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Lamedl as in law
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ME-lakh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    YAM ha-ME-lakh

  3. clause

    HU YAM ha-ME-lakh

  4. sentence

    kol-EL-leh kha-ve-RU el-E-mek ha-si-DIM HU YAM ha-ME-lakh

In contextGenesis 14:3

all these joined to the valley of Siddim that is the sea of salt

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.