Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #3641 - כְּלְנֶה Kalneh (a place in Babylon)

Original Word:	כְּלְנֶה
Transliteration:	Kalneh
Definition:	a place in Babylon
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Location
Phonetic Spelling:	(kal-neh')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Calneh, Calno

Or Kalneh {kal-nay'}; also Kalnow {kal-no'}; of foreign derivation; Calneh or Calno, a place in the Assyrian empire -- Calneh, Calno. Compare Kanneh.

see HEBREW Kanneh

Englishman's Concordance

Calneh or Calno=“fortress of Anu”
1) a city of Babylonia named among the cities of Nimrod
1a) maybe modern ‘Niffer’
2) an Assyrian city near Aleppo
2a) maybe same as 1 since it was captured by Assyria in the 8th century BC
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: of foreign derivation

Brown-Driver-Briggs

כַּלְנֵ֑ה (van d. H, so Norzi; Baer כַּלְנֶ֑ה) proper name, of a locationin Babylonia, Genesis 10:10 (J), ᵐ5Ξαλαννη; Dl^{Pa 225} proposes identify. with Babylonian Kul-unu=Zirlab (conquered by Sargon in 710: COT^{Genesis 10:10: Amos 6:2}), but dubious, and site of Zirlab unknown.

כַּלְנֶהAmos 6:2, probably=כַּלְנוֺIsaiah 10:9proper name, of a location city (conquered by Assyria under Sargon ?) possibly=כַּנֶּה (q. v.) Ezekiel 27:23, ᵐ5 omitted in Amos 6:2, ΞαλαννηIsaiah 10:9; perhaps=Kullani (Wkl^Geschichte. Babylonian 225) i.e. (Tomkins^{PSBA Jan. 1883, 61}) Kullanhou, near Aleppo, conquered by Tiglath-Pileser III in 738 (COT^{ii, 195}); or (Di) Kunulua (KG²¹⁷ KB^{i, 107}), southeast of Antioch (compare Dr^{Amos 6:2}).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3641. כַּלְנוֹ (Kalneh) — 3 Occurrences

Genesis 10:10
HEB:וְאֶ֖רֶךְ וְאַכַּ֣ד וְכַלְנֵ֑ה בְּאֶ֖רֶץ שִׁנְעָֽר׃
NAS: and Accad and Calneh, in the land
KJV: and Accad, and Calneh, in the land
INT: and Erech and Accad and Calneh the land of Shinar

Isaiah 10:9
HEB:הֲלֹ֥א כְּכַרְכְּמִ֖ישׁ כַּלְנ֑וֹ אִם־ לֹ֤א
NAS:Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or
KJV:[Is] not Calno as Carchemish?
INT: like Carchemish Calno Or like

Amos 6:2
HEB: עִבְר֤וּ כַֽלְנֵה֙ וּרְא֔וּ וּלְכ֥וּ
NAS: Go over to Calneh and look, And go
KJV: Pass ye unto Calneh, and see;
INT: Go to Calneh and look and go

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