מָלַח (mālaḥ) is a Hebrew verb meaning salt. It appears 5 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4414).

Also rendered

• tear away
• to dissipate

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1196)

Root family 1196: מָלַח mālaḥ — I, tear away, dissipate. Occurs only in the Niphal, in Isa 51:6, שָׁמַיִם כֶאָשָׁן נִמְלָחוּ (šāmayim keʾāšān nimlāḥû) “the heavens will vanish like smoke” (niv)

• מֶלַח melaḥ — rag

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