{"def":{"short":"salt; figuratively, prudence","long":["salt with which food is seasoned and sacrifices are sprinkled","those kinds of saline matter used to fertilize arable land","salt is a symbol of lasting concord","wisdom and grace exhibited in speech"]},"deriv":"from G0251","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈhɑ.lɑs","ipa_mod":"ˈɑ.lɑs","sbl":"halas","dic":"HA-lahs","dic_mod":"A-lahs"},"see":["G0251"],"comment":"Because salt protects food from putrefaction and preserves it unchanged it is a symbol of a lasting agreement. Accordingly, in the solemn ratification of compacts, Middle Easterners were, and are to this day, accustomed to partake of salt together."}