Connected with Telharsa and Cherub (Chiripha, in Ptolemy). Thelme (Ptolemy 5:20) or "hill of salt," a city of the low salt district near the Persian gulf (Gesenins).
Bibliography Information Fausset, Andrew Robert M.A., D.D., "Definition for 'Tel-melah' Fausset's Bible Dictionary". bible-history.com - Fausset's; 1878.