ma.lach describes applying salt, whether to an offering, an incense mixture, or a newborn in a birth account.

The attested verses show the verb for applying salt in preparation: directly commanded for grain offerings, described of an incense mixture, and negated in the account of a newborn who was not treated with salt.

1. Applying salt in preparation · dominant

   In Leviticus 2:13, the Qal imperfect addresses a single male and occurs in commands concerning every grain offering; the APB renders the clause "you shall salt with salt." In Exodus 30:35, the passive participle describes the prepared incense mixture as "salted," while Ezekiel 16:4 uses the form in a negated birth-treatment clause that the APB renders "you were not salted with salt."

   Leviticus 2:13Exodus 30:35Ezekiel 16:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the action explicitly as "you shall salt with salt" in Leviticus 2:13, "salted" in Exodus 30:35, and "you were not salted with salt" in Ezekiel 16:4. These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.