Bible Dictionary

Tel-melah

The name Tel-melah means “heap of salt”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

Hill of salt, a place in Babylon from which the Jews returned (id.).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

tel-me'-la (tel-melah, "hill of salt"): A Babylonian town mentioned in Ezr 2:59; Ne 7:61 with Tel-harsha and Cherub (see TEL-HARSHA). It possibly lay on the low salt tract near the Persian Gulf. In 1 Esdras 5:36 it is called "Thermeleth."