Strong's #2477: Chalach (pronounced khal-akh')

probably of foreign origin; Chalach, a region of Assyria:--Halah.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

chălach

Halah = "painful"

1) a city or district in Mesopotamia under Assyrian control where the Israelite captives were taken

Part of Speech: noun proper locative

Relation: probably of foreign origin

Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

 

2 Kings 17:6: "and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river"
2 Kings 18:11: "Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan,"
1 Chronicles 5:26: "tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan,"