מְלַחmᵉlach

מְלַח: palace, temple

Pronunciation: mel-akh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4415

Meanings

1. place, of king (Daniel 4:1; Daniel 4:26; Daniel 5:5)

2. temple

a. in Jerusalem (Daniel 5:2; Daniel 5:3; Ezra 5:14)

b. in Babylon (Ezra 5:14)

: eat salt

Pe`al: we have eaten the salt of the palace, be intimate with (Ezra 4:14)

Same root

מָלַחmâlach · H4414properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively, to disappear as dust; to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt)
מְלַחmᵉlach · H4416salt

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

Ezra 4:14 “Since we are your loyal subjects and do not want to see the king dishonored in this way, we have sent the king this information.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).