Ἁκελδαμάχ

Ἁκελδαμάχ (v.l. Ακελδαιμαχ, Ακελδαμα, Ακελδαμακ, Αχελδαμαχ), Aram. חֲקֵל דְּמָא (=field of blood; cp. חקיל Dalman, Grammar² 137; חקלא MLidzbarski, Handbuch d. nordsem. Epigr. I [1898] 279) Akeldama, expl. as χωρίον αἵματος (Mt 27:8 ἀγρὸς αἵματος) Field of Blood, of the field bought w. Judas’ money Ac 1:19 (formerly called [for this type of formulation cp. Diod S 4, 9, 6] the potter’s field Mt 27:7; cp. Papias [3:3]); located by tradition south of the valley of Hinnom. Cp. EKautzsch, Gramm. d. Bibl.-Aramäischen 1884, 8; Dalman, Gramm.² 137, 1; 202, 2; JSickenberger, Judas als Stifter des Blutackers: BZ 18, 1929, 69–71; MWilcox, The Semitisms of Ac, ’65, 87–89.