# מֶרְקָחָה (merqachah)

Israeli respelling: mer-qa-chah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4841. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

abstractly, a seasoning (with spicery); concretely, an unguentkettle (for preparing spiced oil)

King James renderings: pot of ointment, [idiom] well.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/merqachah-h4841

## Occurrences

- [Job 41:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/41/31) — He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
- [Ezekiel 24:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/24/10) — Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.