H3638 H3638
Chilmad (possibly a place in Mesopotamia)
Chilmad appears in Ezekiel 27:23 in the oracle against Tyre, listed among trading partners that included Haran and Eden. The identification is uncertain; some scholars connect it with Kalwadha near Baghdad, while others suggest the text may be corrupt. The Targum reads 'and Media,' leading some to emend to 'all Media.' Another proposal reads it as 'as your apprentice,' from a root meaning 'to learn,' though this seems less likely. The geographical context suggests a Mesopotamian location involved in international trade.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A place name of disputed identification in Ezekiel's trading network oracle. The multilingual evidence shows translators uncertain how to handle it—French attempts 'comme pour mesurer' (suggesting the 'apprentice' interpretation), while German leaves it untranslated. The pairing with Asshur (Assyria) and the overall context of Mesopotamian trade centers supports a geographical reading, though the exact location remains elusive. The textual difficulties reflect the challenges of preserving ancient commercial geography. 1×
AR["كِلْمَادُ"]·ben["কিল্মদ"]·DE["[כלמד]"]·EN["Chilmad"]·FR["comme-pour-mesurer"]·heb["כלמד"]·HI["किल्मद"]·ID["Kilmad"]·IT["[כלמד]"]·jav["Kilmad"]·KO["깅마드가"]·PT["Kilmad"]·RU["Хилмад"]·ES["Quilmad"]·SW["Kilmadi"]·TR["Kilmad"]·urd["کلمد"]
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
† כִּלְמַד n.pr.loc. (si vera l.) Ez 27:23, named after אַשּׁוּר, 𝔊 Χαρμαν; = mod. Kalwâdha near Bagdad, according to G. SmithTSBA i, 61 DlPa 206, cf. SchrCOT; but txt. dub. v. Co; 𝔗 ומדי, whence MezStadt Ḥarrân 34 כָּל־מָדַי all Media; JKi Hi Co כְּלִמּוּד (רְכֻלָּתֵךְ) Asshur was as thine apprentice (v. sub למד in trading; but sense not very prob.