מַלָּחmallâch

mariners, sailors (Proverbs 1:1-200; Jonah 1:5; Ezekiel 27:29; Ezekiel 27:27; Ezekiel 27:9)

Pronunciation: mal-lawkh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4419

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)

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

Ezekiel 27:9 Wise old craftsmen from Gebal did the caulking. Ships from every land came with goods to barter for your trade.
Ezekiel 27:27 Everything is lost— your riches and wares, your sailors and pilots, your ship builders, merchants, and warriors. On the day of your ruin, everyone on board sinks into the depths of the sea.
Ezekiel 27:29 All the oarsmen abandon their ships; the sailors and pilots stand on the shore.
Jonah 1:5 Fearing for their lives, the desperate sailors shouted to their gods for help and threw the cargo overboard to lighten the ship. But all this time Jonah was sound asleep down in the hold.

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).