H3641b H3641b
ancient city conquered by Assyria, possibly Calneh or the same as Kullani
This city appears in two prophetic contexts concerning Assyrian conquests. Isaiah 10:9 lists it among cities that fell to Assyrian expansion, while Amos 6:2 includes it in a rhetorical question challenging Israel's complacency. The identification is uncertain, with proposals including Calneh (Ezekiel 27:23), Kullani near Aleppo (conquered by Tiglath-Pileser III in 738 BC), or Kunulua southeast of Antioch. The textual variations and geographical uncertainty reflect the distance and complexity of tracking ancient Near Eastern toponymy.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A significant city that fell to Assyrian military expansion, used in prophetic rhetoric to demonstrate either imperial power (Isaiah) or Israel's false security (Amos). The city's conquest served as evidence that no city, however strong, could stand against Assyria's advance - a warning to those trusting in military might rather than YHWH. The exact location remains debated among several northern Mesopotamian sites. 2×
AR["كَلْنَهَ", "كَلْنُو"]·ben["কলনেহকে", "কলনো"]·DE["[כלנה]", "[כלנו]"]·EN["Calno", "Kalneh"]·FR["Kalnéh", "[כלנו]"]·heb["כלנה", "כלנו"]·HI["कलने", "कलनो"]·ID["Kalno", "ke-Kalne"]·IT["[כלנה]", "[כלנו]"]·jav["Kalno", "dhumateng-Kalnè"]·KO["갈네로", "갈노가"]·PT["Kalneh", "Kalno"]·RU["Кално", "в-Калне"]·ES["a-Calne", "es-Kalno"]·SW["Kalne", "si-Kalno"]·TR["Kalne'ye", "Kalno"]·urd["کلنہ", "کلنہ-سے"]
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
† כַּלְנֶה Am 6:2, prob. = כַּלְנוֹ Is 10:9 n.pr.loc. city (conquered by Assyria under Sargon?) poss. = כַּנֶּה (q.v.) Ez 27:23, 𝔊 om. in Am 6:2, Ξαλαννη Is 10:9; perhaps = Kullani (WklGesch. Bab. 225) i.e. (TomkinsPSBA Jan. 1883, 61) Kullanhou, near Aleppo, conquered by Tiglath-Pileser III in 738 (COT ii, 195); or (Di) Kunulua (KG217 KB i, 107), SE. of Antioch (cf. Dr Am 6:2).