Têl Melach — H8528

Definition

locative proper noun

Tel-Melach, a place in Babylonia

1. Tel-melah = "mound of salt"
2. a place in Babylon from which some exiles of unknown parentage came; returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel

Usually translated as

Tel-melah

Origin

from H8510 and H4417; mound of salt

• Derived from Têl (H8510)
• Derived from Melach (H4417)

Occurrences

Têl Melach occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1)

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