Çalkâh — H5548

Definition

locative proper noun

Salcah, a place East of the Jordan

1. Salcah or Salchah = "migration"
2. a town or district at the extreme eastern limit of Bashan and allocated to the tribe of Gad; modern 'Sulkhad' which is 56 miles (90 km) east of the Jordan at the southern extremity of the Hauran mountain range

Usually translated as

Salcah, Salchah

Origin

from an unused root. meaning to walk; walking

Occurrences

Çalkâh occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (2), 1 Chronicles (1)

• Deuteronomy 3:10 — All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah (סַלְכָ֖ה) and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
• Joshua 12:5 — And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah (וּבְסַלְכָה֙), and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
• Joshua 13:11 — And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah (סַלְכָֽה);
• 1 Chronicles 5:11 — And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah (סַלְכָֽה):