Calah — the meaning of the Hebrew name כֶּלַח

כֶּלַח

Kelach · pronounced keh'-lakh · Strong's H3625 · a place

Calah means Kelach, a place in Assyria.

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כֶּלַח kelach (the same as, H3624) — maturity open in the lexicon ›

the same as H3624; Kelach, a place in Assyria.

Gen 10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, (KJV)

2 occurrences in 2 verses — Genesis

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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