ke.lach is used as the name of a place built in Assyria and named beside Nineveh.

The attested use is a proper place name: Genesis 10:11 places it among the cities built in Assyria, and Genesis 10:12 locates Resen between it and Nineveh.

1. Place named among Assyrian cities · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Genesis 10:11 the APB renders it among the places built after the move to Assyria; in Genesis 10:12 the APB renders Resen as lying between Nineveh and this place.

   Genesis 10:11Genesis 10:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “Calah” in both verses: first in a list of built places and then as a location relative to Resen and Nineveh. The verse is read as a whole.