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Chilmad

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3638

כִּלְמָד

kil.mad — Chilmad

§ Chilmad = "enclosure" a city of Assyria mentioned in conjunction with Sheba and Asshur

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Historical dictionary entry

A place or country unknown which, along with Sheba and Asshur, traded with Tyre (Ezek. 27:23).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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