cha.lach is a place named among the locations where deported Israelites were settled.

The attested proper-noun use identifies a place listed among destinations for Israelites deported and settled by Assyrian kings.

1. Place of settlement after deportation · dominant

   The form is tagged as a proper noun in all three verses. In 1 Chronicles 5:26 the APB renders the clause that exiled Reubenites, Gadites, and half Manasseh were brought to “Halah”; in 2 Kings 17:6 and 2 Kings 18:11 it lists the same place among locations where Israel was settled after deportation.

   1 Chronicles 5:262 Kings 17:62 Kings 18:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the term as “Halah” within lists of deportation destinations. This reflects the verse-level presentation rather than a separate lexical rendering claim.