Mᵉlêchâh — H4420

Definition

feminine noun

properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert

1. saltness, barrenness, saltiness

Usually translated as

barren land, barrenness, salt

Origin

from H4414 (in its denominative sense); understood as land (H776)

• Derived from Mâlach (H4414)
• Derived from ʼerets (H776)

Occurrences

Mᵉlêchâh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Psalms (1), Jeremiah (1)

• Job 39:6 — Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land (מְלֵֽחָה) his dwellings.
• Psalms 107:34 — A fruitful land into barrenness (לִמְלֵחָ֑ה), for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
• Jeremiah 17:6 — For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt (מְלֵחָ֖ה) land and not inhabited.