תֵּל מֶלַח
Têl Melach · tale meh'-lakh
Tel-Melach, a place in Babylonia
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8510 (תֵּל) and H4417 (מֶלַח); mound of salt;
Tel-Melach, a place in Babylonia
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Tel-melah.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › authority, the one who leads › water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads › to separate and protect
The mark, the covenant sign of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תֵּל מֶלַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- from telmelah1 · 50%
- also from telmelah1 · 50%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.