1) to salt, season

1a) (Qal) to salt, season

1b) (Pual) to be salted

1c) (Hophal) to be rubbed or washed with salt

Aramaic equivalent: me.lach (מְלַח "to eat salt" H4415)

Root √מלח: מלח (√ of foll.; meaning dubious).

מָלַח vb. denom salt season Qal Lv 2:13 (obj. offering). Pu salted . i.e. the incense Hoph rubbed washed with salt . i.e.or(of infant, in personification).