TEL-MELAH tĕl me’ lə (תֵּ֥ל מֶ֨לַח׃֙). Melach means salt. It is possible that the ruined city, implied by the word tel, had been sown “with salt” (Judg 9:45). It was another locality, mentioned along with Tel-harsha, whence returning Jewish exiles were unable to establish their lineage by genealogical proof. The site is unknown. It could be the Thelma of Ptolemy, situated near a salty tract of terrain in the Persian Gulf. This is no more than conjecture.