Strong’s definition
properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert
KJV gloss list in the source
barren land(-ness), salt (land).
Source pronunciation notation: mel-ay-khaw'
Derivation recorded by Strong
from H4414 (מָלַח) (in its denominative sense); understood as land (H776 (אֶרֶץ))
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