H2462 H2462
Helbah - Asherite town not conquered (Judges 1:31)
This place-name identifies a town in the territory assigned to Asher that the tribe failed to conquer. Judges 1:31 lists it among several Canaanite cities where the inhabitants were not driven out. The site's exact location remains unknown. Some scholars connect it to the Assyrian place-name Mahliba, though this identification is uncertain.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Place-name appearing solely in Judges 1:31 in the list of unconquered Asherite towns. Target languages transliterate (Spanish 'Jelvah,' English/French/German 'Helbah'). The name may relate to the 'milk/fat' root, possibly indicating a fertile region, though the etymology remains speculative. The site has not been definitively identified archaeologically. 1×
AR["حَلْبَةَ"]·ben["হেল্বাকে"]·DE["Chelbah"]·EN["Chelbah"]·FR["Chelbah"]·heb["חלבה"]·HI["हेल्बाह-के"]·ID["Helba"]·IT["Chelbah"]·jav["Hèlba"]·KO["헬바를"]·PT["Helvah"]·RU["Хельбы"]·ES["Jelvah"]·SW["Helba"]·TR["Helva"]·urd["حلبہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חֶלְבָּה n.pr.loc. town assigned to Asher Ju 1:31, site unknown, 𝔊 Χεβδα, 𝔊L Ελβα; (comp. Assyrian Maḫalliba Schr Dl, but v. אַחְלָב infr.)