מָלַח

# Malach (H4414B): To Salt The Hebrew verb *malach* denotes the action of applying salt to something. With only four occurrences in the biblical text, this is a relatively rare verb, suggesting it was not a central concept in biblical discourse. The word's fundamental meaning—to salt—points to a practical domestic or culinary activity familiar to ancient audiences. Given the minimal frequency of this term, its usage appears concentrated in specific contexts rather than distributed broadly across biblical literature. The rarity of the verb itself (as opposed to the noun for salt, which appears more frequently) may indicate that biblical writers used other constructions or simpler terminology when discussing salt application in everyday contexts. The four recorded instances would be necessary to determine whether *malach* was reserved for particular types of salting, religious practices, or figurative applications, but such specificity cannot be determined from the lexical data provided alone.

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