Salt Substance

Sal; la sustancia mineral usada para sazonar, conservar y como símbolo de pacto, además frecuente en nombres geográficos (Mar Muerto, Valle de la Sal)

Sal: la sustancia mineral usada para sazonar, conservar y como metáfora de fidelidad al pacto e influencia moral.

salar, sazonar con sal

salar, preservar con sal; sazonar o ser salado

Sal (arameo)

† נֶ֫תֶר n.[m.] natron, or carbonate of soda, a mineral alkali (NH = BH; Aramaic נִתְרָא, ܢܶܬܪܳܐ; cf. Gk. νίτρον, λίτρον, Lat. nitrum (v. Lexx.));—אִם־תְּכַבְּסִי בַּנֶּתֶר Je 2:22 though thou wash thyself with natron (fig.; ‖ בֹּרִית; on use of ‘nitrum’ for handwashing among Greeks v. MeinekeFragm. Comicorum ii. 638); חֹמֶץ עַל־נָ֑תֶר Pr 25:20 (fig. of the incompatible).

ἅλς, ἁλός [ᾰ], h( __B (ἁλὸς πολιοῖοRefs 8th c.BC+, sea (generally of shallow water near shore), εἰς ἅλα δῖανRefs 8th c.BC+in sea-water, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἁλὸς πελάγη or πέλαγος, Refs 8th c.BC+; in plural (with a pun on ἅλς A), Refs 5th c.BC+. (Cf. Latin sal: both masculine and feminine are from the same root.)

ἁλῠκ-ός, ή, όν, salt, LXX+5th c.BC+; brackish, Refs 4th c.BC+

ἄνᾰλος, ον, (ἅλς A) without salt, not salted, Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 of salt itself, salt which is no salt, NT.Mark.9.50.

† חָמִיץ adj. seasoned (viz. with salt, or a salt herb—Arabic حَمْضٌ, Pun. Ἀμουτ [= חמוץ] BlauZMG 1873, 522; v. Thes—rendering it more tasty), of provender for cattle בְּלִיל חָמִיץ יֹאכֵ֑לוּ Is 30:24.

† [מְלַח] vb. denom. c. acc. cogn., eat salt;— Pe. Pf. 1 pl. מְלַחְנָא Ezr 4:14 we have eaten the salt of the palace (so most), i.e. have assumed obligations of loyalty, cf. M 69 * K§ 71, 2 (and Syriac ܐܶܬܡܰܠܰܚ be intimate with PS2134); Str (after NesMM 30 f.) thinks n. c. sf.: our salt is the salt of the palace.