Word Study · Strong's H8528 · Hebrew
תֵּל מֶלַח
Tel Melach
tale meh'-lakh
Strong's 1890 spelling: Têl Melach
“Tel-Melach, a place in Babylonia”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Tel-Melach, a place in Babylonia
Rendered in the KJV as
Tel-melah.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- מֶ֙לַח֙2
- מִתֵּ֥ל2
How it is rendered · 2
- from Tel2
- Melah2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
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- HNpl · 2
- HR/Npl · 2
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Ezra2 occurrences
- Ezra 2:59מִתֵּ֥לmitelpreposition + proper noun (a name)The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:here: from Tel
- Ezra 2:59מֶ֙לַח֙melachproper noun (a name)The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:here: Melah
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 7:61מִתֵּ֥לmitelpreposition + proper noun (a name)The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:here: from Tel
- Nehemiah 7:61מֶ֙לַח֙melachproper noun (a name)The following came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but could not prove that their families were descended from Israel:here: Melah