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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 30:35/אבן עזרא על שמות ל׳:ל״ה
אועשית, ממולח. טעם ממולח הוא מלח סדומית וי"א שחוק מאוד או מגזרת ארץ מלחה (ירמי' יז ו):
1AND THOU SHALT MAKE…SEASONED WITH SALT. Memullach (seasoned with salt) means seasoned with salt from Sodom.182 6a. The reference is to sea salt. See Baba Batra 20b. Others say that memullach means thinly ground. Or it is related183 (or) to ulai (perhaps). See next note. to the word melechah (salt) in A salt land (Jer. 17:6).184 means thinly ground. It is possibly related to the word melechah (salt) in A salt land (Jer. 17:6). Krinsky renders, A salt land, a cut-off land. He explains, “Or it is related to the word melechah (salt) in A salt land as follows: Memullach means cut off from profane use, as it is related to the word melechah in Jer. 17:6. In other words, the sweet incense is to be cut off from all profane use, for it is a holy compound.