H4415 H4415
1. sense 1 1×
AR["مَلَحْنَا"]·ben["খাই"]·DE["[מלחנא]"]·EN["we-ate"]·FR["[מלחנא]"]·heb["מלחנא"]·HI["हम-पाते-हैं-सहायता"]·ID["kami-makan"]·IT["[מלחנא]"]·jav["kang-ratu"]·KO["우리가-먹는다"]·PT["comemos-sal"]·RU["солим"]·ES["comemos"]·SW["tunakula-chumvi"]·TR["yedik"]·urd["نمک-کھایا-ہم-نے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [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.