The meaning of “מַלָּח”
Understanding mallâch reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
mariner. - a sailor (as following 'the salt') 1) mariner, sailor, seaman
מַלָּח
mariner. - a sailor (as following 'the salt') 1) mariner, sailor, seaman
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel 27:9 | “The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.” Word: מַלָּח (mallâch) | |
| Ezekiel 27:27 | “Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin.” Word: מַלָּח (mallâch) | |
| Ezekiel 27:29 | “And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land;” Word: מַלָּח (mallâch) | |
| Jonah 1:5 | “Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.” Word: מַלָּח (mallâch) |