Calah
כֶּ֫לַחStrong’s H3625kelach (ke-lach)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kelach is the Hebrew word usually translated “calah”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,”
Meaning
- § Calah = "vigour"
How it's translated
- calah 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 2
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Hebrew dictionary
כֶּ֫לַח kelach · Calah
§ Calah = "vigour" one of the most ancient cities of Assyria; maybe modern 'Nimrud' located at the confluence of the Tigris and Zab rivers
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.