Is there any taste in the white of an egg?

New King James Version, Job 6:

6 Can flavorless food be eaten without salt?
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

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in the white
בְּרִ֣יר (bə·rîr)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7388: To flow (like slime)
Strong's Hebrew: 7388. רִיר (riyr) — 2 Occurrences

I.e., raw egg white or albumen.

of an egg?
חַלָּמֽוּת׃ (ḥal·lā·mūṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2495: (a plant), probably a purslane
Strong's Hebrew: 2495. חַלָּמוּת (challamuth) — 1 Occurrence

These two words were obscure.

Pulpit Commentary:

Professor Lee suggests "the whey of cheese" for "the white of an egg;" others, "the juice of purslaine."

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New International Version:

Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow?

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English Standard Version:

Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow?

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New American Standard Bible:

Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the juice of an alkanet plant?

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Legacy Standard Bible:

Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the slime of a yolk?

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Brenton Septuagint Translation:

Shall bread be eaten without salt? or again, is there taste in empty words?

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No one knows what exactly H7388 H2495 was. From the parallelism, it seems to mean something tasteless.