Lexical Definition

‎כַּלְנֶה‎ Kalneh (kal-neh') Calneh ^N:N--L
or כַּלְנֵה Kalnêh (kal-nay'); also כַּלְנוֹ Kalnôw (kal-no'); of foreign derivation

Calneh, Calno. Compare ‎כַּנֶּה‎.

• § Calneh or Calno = "fortress of Anu"
• Calneh or Calno, a place in the Assyrian empire

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כַּלְנֵ֑ה‎ (van d. H, so Norzi; Baer ‎כַּלְנֶ֑ה‎) proper name, of a location in Babylonia, Gen 10:10 (J), ᵐ5 Ξαλαννη; Dl^{Pa 225} proposes identify. with Babylonian Kul-unu = Zirlab (conquered by Sargon in 710: COT^{Gen 10:10: Amos 6:2}), but dubious, and site of Zirlab unknown.

‎כַּלְנֶה‎ Amos 6:2, probably = ‎כַּלְנוֺ‎ Isa 10:9 proper name, of a location city (conquered by Assyria under Sargon ?) possibly = ‎כַּנֶּה‎ (q. v.) Ezek 27:23, ᵐ5 omitted in Amos 6:2, Ξαλαννη Isa 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}).

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