tel-me'-la (tel-melah, "hill of salt"): A Babylonian town mentioned in Ezr 2:59; Neh 7:61 with Tel-harsha and Cherub (see TEL-HARSHA). It possibly lay on the low salt tract near the Persian Gulf. In 1 Esdras 5:36 it is called "Thermeleth."
Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'TEL-MELAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.