"ים המלח" meaning in Hebrew

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Proper name

Audio: LL-Q9288 (heb)-Uziel302-ים המלח.wav Forms: יַם הַמֶּלַח [canonical], yam hamélakh [romanization]
Etymology: Literally, “sea of salt”, attested Biblically, from the lake's extreme salinity. Etymology templates: {{m-g|sea of salt}} “sea of salt”, {{lit|sea of salt}} Literally, “sea of salt” Head templates: {{he-proper noun|g=m|tr=yam hamélakh|wv=יַם הַמֶּלַח}} 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) Categories (place): Lakes, Places in Jordan, Places in Palestine Synonyms: ים המוות, ים הערבה, הים הקדמוני
    Sense id: en-ים_המלח-he-name-F7DnLooM Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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      "form": "יַם הַמֶּלַח",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "yam hamélakh",
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      },
      "expansion": "יַם הַמֶּלַח • (yam hamélakh) m",
      "name": "he-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "name",
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          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Lakes",
          "orig": "he:Lakes",
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            "Places",
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          "english": "All of these had come together in Siddim Valley (now the Dead Sea).",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0114#יד_ג|14:3]], with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:",
          "roman": "kol éleh ḥavrú el 'émeq ha-shiddím hu yam ha-mélaḥ",
          "text": "כׇּל־אֵלֶּה חָבְרוּ אֶל־עֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּים הוּא יָם הַמֶּלַח׃",
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          "english": "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.",
          "ref": "a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avodah Zarah 3:3:",
          "roman": "Ha-motzé khelím va-'aleihém tsurát ḥammá, tsurát l'vaná, tsurát draqón, yolikhém l-yam ha-mélaḥ.",
          "text": "הַמּוֹצֵא כֵלִים וַעֲלֵיהֶם צוּרַת חַמָּה, צוּרַת לְבָנָה, צוּרַת דְּרָקוֹן, יוֹלִיכֵם לְיָם הַמֶּלַח.",
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        ],
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        ]
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        {
          "word": "ים המוות"
        },
        {
          "word": "ים הערבה"
        },
        {
          "word": "הים הקדמוני"
        }
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          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0114#יד_ג|14:3]], with translation of Aryeh Kaplan:",
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          "text": "כׇּל־אֵלֶּה חָבְרוּ אֶל־עֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּים הוּא יָם הַמֶּלַח׃",
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          "english": "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.",
          "ref": "a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avodah Zarah 3:3:",
          "roman": "Ha-motzé khelím va-'aleihém tsurát ḥammá, tsurát l'vaná, tsurát draqón, yolikhém l-yam ha-mélaḥ.",
          "text": "הַמּוֹצֵא כֵלִים וַעֲלֵיהֶם צוּרַת חַמָּה, צוּרַת לְבָנָה, צוּרַת דְּרָקוֹן, יוֹלִיכֵם לְיָם הַמֶּלַח.",
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        {
          "word": "ים המוות"
        },
        {
          "word": "ים הערבה"
        },
        {
          "word": "הים הקדמוני"
        }
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