Tel-melah — the meaning of the Hebrew name תֵּל מֶלַח

תֵּל מֶלַח

Têl Melach · pronounced tale meh'-lakh · Strong's H8528 · a place

Tel-melah means mound of salt.

Built from

תֵּל têl (from, H8510) — a mound open in the lexicon ›

מֶלַח melach (and, H4417) — properly, powder, i.e. (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized and dissolved) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H8510 and H4417; mound of salt; Tel-Melach, a place in Babylonia.

First appearance

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: (KJV)

Every verse that names Tel-melah

2 occurrences in 2 verses — Ezra, Nehemiah

Ezra 2:59Neh 7:61

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