STRONGS NUMBER H2477


Word Summary
Chalach: an area under Assyr. control
Original Word: חֲלַח
Transliteration: Chalach
Phonetic Spelling: (khal-akh')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: an area under Assyr. control
Meaning: Halah -- an area under Assyrian control
Strong's Concordance
Halah

Probably of foreign origin; Chalach, a region of Assyria -- Halah.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2477. Chalach

חֲלַחproper name, of a location a city or district under Assyrian control, whither Israel captives were taken 2 Kings 17:6 = 18:11, 1 Chronicles 5:26, compare –ala——u in Mesopotamia, SchrCOT on 2 Kings 17:8; > HalMél. Epigr. 1874, 70 Cilica (= Phoenician חלך‎, LagM. i. 211, Assyrian –ilakku, LyonSargontexte) LagBN 57.