Hebrew word · H3625

כֶּ֫לַח

kalach

Calah

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

§ Calah = "vigour"

one of the most ancient cities of Assyria; maybe modern 'Nimrud' located at the confluence of the Tigris and Zab rivers

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

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Where it appears

Genesis · 2

  1. Genesis 10:11 כָּֽלַח׃ Calah

    From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

  2. Genesis 10:12 כָּ֑לַח Calah

    and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

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