Genesis 19:26:6Gen.19.26.W6PAT
מֶֽלַח׃
melakh
“salt”
- Transliteration
- ME-lakh
- Extended
- MEH-lahkh
- IPA
- /ˈmɛ.laħ/
Meaning by language
- English
- salt
- French
- sel
- Spanish
- sal
- Portuguese
- sal
- German
- Salz
- Russian
- соли
- Arabic-Simplified
- ملح
- Hindi
- नमक का
- Chinese-Simplified
- 盐的
- Korean
- 소금의
- Indonesian
- garam
- Bengali
- লবণের
- Tagalog
- asin
- Swahili
- chumvi
- Amharic
- የጨው
- Yoruba
- iyọ̀
- Igbo
- nnu
- Twi
- nkyene
- Ewe
- dze ƒe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
מֶֽ + לַח׃
↓
me + lakh
↓
melakh
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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Vowels (Niqqud)
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ME-lakh
- phraseyour reading level
ne-TSIV ME-lakh
- clause
vat-te-HI ne-TSIV ME-lakh
- sentence
va-tab-BET ish-TO me-a-kha-RAV vat-te-HI ne-TSIV ME-lakh
In context — Genesis 19:26
his wife looked from behind him she became a pillar of salt
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:26:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 19:26, so the Hebrew word מֶֽלַח׃ (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 Gen.19.26.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.26.W6.S1) and character.