Strong H8528תֵּל מֶ֫לַח

Tel-melah

Transliteration
têl melach
Pronunciation
tale meh'-lakh
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From H8510 and H4417; mound of salt;
{Tel-Melach} a palce in Babylon: - Tel-melah.

Meaning of the name

Tel-melah = "mound of salt"

Detailed definition

Tel-melah, a Babylonian city from which some Jewish exiles returned to Jerusalem, but could not prove their genealogy (Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:61).

In the biblical story

Tel-melah

Babylonian city from which exiles returned

Tel-melah, a Babylonian city from which some Jewish exiles returned to Jerusalem, but could not prove their genealogy (Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:61).

In the Bible

Strong H8528 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • melah2

First verses

  1. Ezra 2:59
    And these were they which went up from Tel–melah, Tel–harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
  2. Nehemiah 7:61
    And these were they which went up also from Tel–melah, Tel–haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
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