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TELAIM

The place where Saul mustered and numbered his troops before attacking the Amalekites (1 Sam. 15:4). BDB derives the name from a verb meaning “spotted” or “variegated,” typically concerning the markings on sheep and goats. A second plural noun tĕlāʾîm means “lambs” or “kids,” leading to the suggestion that Telaim was associated with sheep. Its location is unknown, though it probably was in southern Judah, not far from Edom, where the Amalekites lived. The LXX reads “at Gilgal,” but that is likely an example of a tradition moving to a better-known location with which the hero of a story is often associated.

Paul L. Redditt






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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