Tel-melah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Hill of salt, a place in Babylon from which the Jews returned (id.).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Tel-Melah

tel-me'-la (tel-melah, "hill of salt"): A Babylonian town mentioned in Ezra 2:59; Neh 7:61 with Tel-harsha and Cherub (see TEL-HARSHA). It possibly lay on the low salt tract near the Persian Gulf. In 1 Esdras 5:36 it is called "Thermeleth."

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