H3625

כֶּ֫לַח

ke.lachN:N--L

Calah

§ Calah = "vigour" one of the most ancient cities of Assyria; maybe modern 'Nimrud' located at the confluence of the Tigris and Zab rivers

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. [כֶּ֫לַח], כָּ֑לַח proper name, of a location city in Assyria Gen 10:11; Gen 10:12 = Assyrian kal—u, Schr^{COT on the passage} Dl^{Par 261}, modern Nimrûd, at northeast angle of Upper Zab and Tigris (see Billerbeck u. Jeremias BAS^{iii. 1895, 130 ff.})

1 occurrence

Genesis 10:12