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kalnēh כַּלְנֵ֑הACalneh, BCalno’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of foreign origin, compare kanneh כַּנֶּה ‘Canneh’
Variants: כַּלְנֵ֑ה, כַּלְנֶה

kalnēh pr n loc
ACalneh or Calno = "fortress of Anu"
1) a city of Babylonia named among the cities of Nimrod
 1a) maybe modern 'Niffer'
BCalneh or Calno = "fortress of Anu"
1) an Assyrian city near Aleppo
 1a) maybe same as 1 since it was captured by Assyria in the 8th century BC

Mentioned in Genesis 10:10 Isaiah 10:9 Amos 6:2

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