[1] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

halah
   a district of media to which captive israelites were transported
   by the assyrian kings 2 kings 17:6; 18:11; 1 chr. 5:26. it lay
   along the banks of the upper khabur, from its source to its
   junction with the jerujer. probably the district called by
   ptolemy chalcitis.
   

[2] : Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

halah, a moist table

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