tel-mē´la (תּל־מלח, teÌ„l-melahÌ£, “hill of saltâ€): A Babylonian town mentioned in ; with Tel-harsha and Cherub (see TEL-HARSHA). It possibly lay on the low salt tract near the Persian Gulf. In 1 Esdras 5:36 it is called “Thermeleth.â€