melach: to eat salt Original Word: מְלַח Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: melach Phonetic Spelling: (mel-akh') Short Definition: service
Word Origin (Aramaic) denominative verb from melach Definition to eat salt NASB Translation service (1). have maintenance (Aramaic) corresponding to malach; to eat salt, i.e. (generally) subsist -- + have maintenance. see HEBREW malach
מְלַ֔חְנָא מלחנא mə·laḥ·nā meLachna məlaḥnā
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