ים המלח

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The shore of the Dead Sea ("Salt Sea")

Etymology

Literally, “sea of salt”, attested Biblically, from the lake's extreme salinity.

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Proper noun

יַם הַמֶּלַח • (yam hamélakh) m

  1. Dead Sea (a lake in the Middle East in Palestine and Jordan, noted for high salinity and for its banks being the lowest land-based elevation on Earth)
    Synonyms: ים המוות, ים הערבה, הים הקדמוני
    • Tanach, Genesis 14:3, with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:
      כׇּל־אֵלֶּה חָבְרוּ אֶל־עֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּים הוּא יָם הַמֶּלַח׃
      kol éleh ḥavrú el 'émeq ha-shiddím hu yam ha-mélaḥ
      All of these had come together in Siddim Valley (now the Dead Sea).
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avodah Zarah 3:3:
      הַמּוֹצֵא כֵלִים וַעֲלֵיהֶם צוּרַת חַמָּה, צוּרַת לְבָנָה, צוּרַת דְּרָקוֹן, יוֹלִיכֵם לְיָם הַמֶּלַח.
      Ha-motzé khelím va-'aleihém tsurát ḥammá, tsurát l'vaná, tsurát draqón, yolikhém l-yam ha-mélaḥ.
      One who finds vessels which have on them the form of the sun, the form of the moon, the form of a dragon, should bring them into the Dead Sea.

Descendants

  • → English: Salt Sea (calque)
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