Bible Location

Tel-melah

Meaning: heap of salt · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available

Tel-melah was another place named in the post-exilic return lists in connection with uncertain family origins. It is important because it reflects the complexity of identity and belonging after displacement. First appears in Ezra 2:59.1

Place meaning

heap of salt

Coordinates

32.13, 45.23

First appears

Ezra 2:59

AI summary: Tel-melah matters because rebuilding the people involved sorting memory, records, and claims of origin. The place appears as part of that fragile return-era process. The cross references present Tel-melah as a post-exilic place-name linked to uncertain ancestry and restored community.1

Place meaning

heap of salt

Latitude

32.13

Longitude

45.23

Bible references

2