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Tel-melah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(salt hill). A city mentioned with the above. Identified by some with the Thelme of Ptolemy, near the Persian Gulf (Ezra 2:59⁵⁹And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not show their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: (Ezra 2:59); Neh. 7:61⁶¹And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not show their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. (Nehemiah 7:61)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Place from whence Jews returned from exile (Ezra 2:59⁵⁹And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not show their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: (Ezra 2:59); Neh. 7:61⁶¹And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not show their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. (Nehemiah 7:61)). Supposed to be the Thelme of Ptolemy, a city of the low salt tract near the Persian Gulf. The name signifies “Hill of Salt.”

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

8528 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Tel

Phonic:

Melach

Meaning:

from 8510 and 4417; mound of salt; Tel-Melach, a place in Babylonia

KJV Usage:

Tel-melah

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

mound of salt

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Heap of salt; salt hill:―a place in Babylon, Ezra 2:59. {Tumulus salis}