Chilmad
Chilmad
(Hebrews Kilmad , etymology unknown; Sept. v. r. and ; Vulg. Chelmad), an Asiatic place or country mentioned, in conjunction with Sheba and Asshur, as a trading emporium with the Tyrians (Eze 27:23). The only name bearing any similarity to it is Charmande (), a “large and flourishing” town near the Euphrates, between the Mascas and the Babylonian frontier (Xen. Anab. 1:5, 10; comp. Steph. Byz. p. 754), an identification generally adopted since Bochart (Canaan, 1:18, p. 480). Hitzig (Comment. on Ezekiel 1. c.) proposes to alter the punctuation to , Ke-limmud, giving the sense “Asshur was as thy pupil in commerce,” as first suggested by Kimchi (in loc.). The Chaldee Targum has , Media. For other conjectures, see Rosenmller in loc. SEE CHALDAEA, p. 198.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Chilmad
a place or country unknown which, along with Sheba and Asshur, traded with Tyre (Ezek. 27:23).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Chilmad
Named with Sheba and Asshur (Eze 27:23). Ptolemy mentions a Gaala of Media, which compounded forms Chil-mad. The Chaldee version has “Media,” others “Carmanda,” a large city beyond the Euphrates (Xenophon).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Chilmad
CHILMAD occurs in Eze 27:23 at the close of the list of nations that traded with Tyre. The name has been thought to be the Aram. [Note: Aramaic.] form of Charmande, a town on the Euphrates mentioned by Xenophon (Anab. i. 5. 10). George Smith identified Chilmad with the modern Kalwdha near Baghdadbut neither of these conjectures has much probability.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Chilmad
kilmad (, kilmadh; , Charman): A city or district mentioned after Sheba and Asshur as supplying merchandise to Tyre (Eze 27:23). By changing m into w (common in Assyrian-Babylonian) this has been compared with Kalwadha near Bagdad (G. Smith, Transactions of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, I, 61; Delitzsch, Paradies, 206), but the identification seems improbable. Though regarded as the name of a country in the Septuagint and the Vulgate (Jerome’s Latin Bible, 390-405 ad) (Charman; Chelmad), there is some doubt whether this view of the word is correct. The Targum substitutes Madhai, Media, and on this account Mez (Stadt Harran, 24) amends to Kol Madhai, all Media. The absence of the copula and has caused others to further modify the vocalization, and by reading kelimmudh instead of Chilmad, the sense Asshur was as the apprentice of thy trading (Kimhi, Hitzig, Cornill) is obtained, but is not satisfactory. Probably both text and translation are susceptible of improvement.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Chilmad
[Chil’mad]
Unknown place associated with Sheba and Asshur, whose merchants traded with Tyre. Eze 27:23.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Chilmad
Chil’mad. (enclosure). A place or country mentioned in conjunction with Sheba and Asshur. Eze 27:23.