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כֶּלַח Calah

Every verse in which this name stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 58×2 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A place in Assyria. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 10:11 and last at Genesis 10:12.

Genesis 10:11בראשית י:יא

מִן־הָאָרֶץ הַהִוא יָצָא אַשּׁוּר וַיִּבֶן אֶת־נִינְוֵה וְאֶת־רְחֹבֹת עִיר וְאֶת־כָּֽלַח

Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and Rehoboth-ir, and Calah,

Genesis 10:12בראשית י:יב

וְֽאֶת־רֶסֶן בֵּין נִֽינְוֵה וּבֵין כָּלַח הִוא הָעִיר הַגְּדֹלָֽה

and Resen between Nineveh and Calah—the same is the great city.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Calah?

Calah — כלח in Hebrew — has a gematria of 58 in the standard method.

How many times is Calah named in the Tanakh?

2 times, first at Genesis 10:11.

A spelling is not a name. The written word כלח stands 3 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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