WEBThe Dead Sea ( Arabic: اَلْبَحْر الْمَيِّت, romanized :al-Baḥr al-Mayyit, or اَلْبَحْر الْمَيْت, al-Baḥr al-Mayt; Hebrew: יַם הַמֶּלַח, romanized :Yām hamMelaḥ ), also known by other names, is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east and the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Israel ...