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Tel-Melah
Holman Bible Dictionary
(tehl-mee' luh) Place name meaning, “mound of salt.” Babylonian home of a group of Jews unable to demonstrate their lineage (Ezra 2:59; Nehemiah 7:61 ). Tel-Melah is perhaps Thelma of Ptolemy in the low salt tracts near the Persian Gulf.
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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Tel-Melah'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/t/tel-melah.html. 1991.