מָלַח

From LSJ

Τοὺς τῆς φύσεως οὐκ ἔστι λανθάνειν (μανθάνειν) νόμους → Legibus naturae non potest evadier → Naturgesetze keiner insgeheim verletzt

Menander, Monostichoi, 492

English (Strong)

a primitive root; properly, to rub to pieces or pulverize; intransitively, to disappear as dust; also (as denominative from מֶ֫לַח) to salt whether internally (to season with salt) or externally (to rub with salt): X at all, salt, season, temper together, vanish away.