Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the East Indies, a fair, or an assembly of pilgrims or devotees, partly for religious and partly for commercial purposes.
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Every day of the festival, morning, afternoon, and evening, a service is performed for imparting health and strength, called melah, of which the children appear to be the chief beneficiaries.
Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 Carl Lumholtz 1886
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My apologies for the double-posting. phil ... yam ha-melah = sea of salt just Louise
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Another option, proposed by Talmudic researchers Tirzah Meacham and Zevi Fuchs, combines the priestly brit melah ceremony (Numbers 18: 19), the particulars of which we do not know, with the ancient custom of “salting” babies after birth in order to purify them and drive away evil spirits (Ezekiel 16: 4).
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Some of the men also presented themselves for treatment after the manner above described, and although the melah performance is usually reserved for this great feast, it may be employed by the blian for nightly service in curing disease.
Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 Carl Lumholtz 1886
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After the performance of the melah and the dance of the blians, and these were a daily feature of the great occasion, a dance hitherto in vogue at night was danced in the afternoon.
Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 Carl Lumholtz 1886
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(Ezra 2: 48; Nehemiah 7: 50) + The sons of Nekoda were among those who went up after the captivity from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, and other places, but were unable to prove their descent from Israel.
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This passage should be care - fully read by young persons of fine taste and delicate sentiments, for it contains a just account of the first inroads of melah?
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(malluah, from melah, "salt") most probably denotes the Atriplex halimus of Linnaeus, a species of sea purslane found on the shores of the Dead Sea, as also of the Mediterranean, and in salt marshes.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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(hill of the artificer), one of the Babylonian towns or villages mentioned in (Ezra 2: 59; Nehemiah 7: 61) along with Tel-melah and
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61 And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah,
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721
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