Tel-melah

Tel-melah, a Babylonian city from which some Jewish exiles returned to Jerusalem, but could not prove their genealogy.

The name Tel-melah means “heap of salt”

PlaceOld Testament2 books2 verses

Summary

A location near Calneh first mentioned at Ezra 2:59; only referred to as Tel-melah (תֵּל מֶ֫לַח).

Location

Identified as: within 50 km of Nippur
Certainty: Possible (38% of scholarship) · 1 other possible location
Coordinates: 32.126° N, 45.231° E

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Glossary entries

Alternative names

תֵּל מֶ֫לַחTel-melah

Mentions

Ezra 2:59
The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:
Nehemiah 7:61
The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they could not prove that their families were descended from Israel: