Meleṭ — H4423

Definition

masculine noun

cement (from its plastic smoothness)

1. mortar, cement, clay (flooring)

Usually translated as

clay

Origin

from H4422,

• Derived from Mâlaṭ (H4422)

Occurrences

Meleṭ occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (1)

• Jeremiah 43:9 — Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay (בַּמֶּ֙לֶט֙) in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh’s house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;