יַם הַמֶּלַח
Meanings
Name
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)
Pronunciation
yam hamélakh
Examples4
כֹּל־אֵלֶּה חָבְרוּ אֶל־עֵמֶק הַשִּׂדִּים הוּא יָם הַמֶּלַח׃
All of these had come together in Siddim Valley (now the Dead Sea).
הַיַּרְדֵּן הוּא הַנָּהָר היחידי הַזוֹרֵם לים המלח.
The Jordan River is the only river flowing into the Dead Sea.
ים המלח הוּא הַמָּקוֹם הֲכִי נמוך בעוֹלָם.
The Dead Sea is the lowest place on earth.
שאיבת מַיִם מֵהַכִּנֶּרֶת מְאַפְשֶׁרֶת חַקְלָאוּת מפותחת, אוּלָם במְחִיר פְּגִיעָה בים המלח.
Drawing water from the Sea of Galilee makes developed agriculture possible, but at the cost of damage to the Dead Sea.