H5898 — עִיר הַמֶּלַח (ʻÎyr ham-Melach)
Strong's H5898 (Hebrew)
Hebrew: עִיר הַמֶּלַח (ʻÎyr ham-Melach)
Pronunciation: eer ham-meh'-lakh
Morphology: n-pr-loc
Name Meaning: Ir-hammelech = "the city of salt"
Derivation: from עִיר (ʻîyr) [H5892] and מֶלַח (melach) [H4417] with the article of substance interp.; city of (the) salt;
Definition: Irham-Melach, a place near Palestine
KJV Renderings: the city of salt.
Senses
- a place in the desert of Judah
Cross References
| Strong's | Original | Transliteration | Derivation | Definition | KJV Renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H4417 | מֶלַח | melach | from מָלַח (mâlach) H4414 | properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved) | salt(-pit) |
| H5892 | עִיר | ʻîyr | or (in the plural) עָר (ʻâr); or עָיַר (ʻâyar); (Judges 10:4), from עוּר (ʻûwr) H5782 | a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) | Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town |
Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.
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