# H4420 מְלֵחָה

מְלֵחָה (mᵉlêchâh), Strong’s H4420: properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert KJV: barren land(-ness), salt (land).. Occurs 3 times.

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*mᵉlêchâh* — properly, salted (i.e. land), i.e. a desert

KJV: barren land(-ness), salt (land).

Derived from [מָלַח mâlach](https://besorah.bible/word/H4414) (to rub to pieces or pulverize)

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מְלֵחָה n.f. saltness, barrenness

## Where it occurs
- [Jeremiah 17:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/17?v=6) — For he will be like a bush in the desert, and will not see when good comes, but will inhabit the parched places in the…
- [Psalms 107:34](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/107?v=34) — and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
- [Job 39:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/39?v=6) — whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?