Bible Dictionaries
Telaim
Holman Bible Dictionary
(teh lay' ihm) Place name meaning, “young speckled lambs.” City in southern Judah where Saul gathered forces to battle the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15:4 ). Suggested sites include khirbet Umm es-Salafeh southwest of Kurnub and khirbet Abu Tulul twelve miles southeast of Beer-Sheba. The earliest Greek translation of 1 Samuel 27:8 reads “from Telem” rather than “from old.” See Telem .
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Telaim'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/t/telaim.html. 1991.