Mâlâch — H4418

Definition

masculine noun

a rag or old garment

1. rag

Usually translated as

rotten rag

Origin

from H4414 in its original sense

• Derived from Mâlach (H4414)

Occurrences

Mâlâch occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (2)

• Jeremiah 38:11 — So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags (מְלָחִ֑ים), and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
• Jeremiah 38:12 — And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags (וְהַמְּלָחִים֙) under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.