tam.mah indicates a specified location, whether an archive site, a place to remain away from, or the place of God's dwelling.

The term marks a specified place in all four verses: an archive location in Ezra 5:17 and Ezra 6:1, the place from which officials are to keep away in Ezra 6:6, and the place where God has caused his name to dwell in Ezra 6:12.

1. Reference to a specified place · dominant

   Each occurrence is tagged as an adverb and points to a location within its clause. In Ezra 5:17 the APB renders an archive house “there in Babylon,” while Ezra 6:1 describes documents being brought down “there in Babel”; in Ezra 6:6 it places the location after the command to “keep far,” and in Ezra 6:12 it marks the place where God has caused his name to dwell.

   Ezra 5:17Ezra 6:1Ezra 6:6Ezra 6:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the location with “there” in Ezra 5:17, Ezra 6:1, and Ezra 6:12, and with “from there” in Ezra 6:6. These phrases confirm the clauses' locational reference rather than establish separate meanings.