HELBAH hĕl’ bə (חֶלְבָּ֔ה). A town of Asher from which Israel could not expel the Canaanites (Judg 1:31). Similarity in the consonants and location lead many scholars to identify Ahlab (1:31) and Mahalab (Josh 19:29) with Helbah at Khirbet el-Mahalib, five m. N of Tyre on the coast.