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HebrewH1315Proper Noun (Feminine)

בָּֽשְׂמַת

bos.mat

7Occurrences
H1315Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Bosmath, the name of a wife of Esau, and of a daughter of Solomon

feminine of H1314 (בֶּשֶׂם) (the second form); fragrance;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at ; daughter of: Solomon (H8010); sister of: Taphath (H2955) and Rehoboam (H7346); married to Ahimaaz (H0290I) § Bashemath or Basmath = "spice" 1) Hittite wife of Esau, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth 2) daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz, one of Solomon's commissariat officers

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

N:N-F-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

בָּֽשְׂמַת appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
6
1 Kings
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 4:15BSB

Ahimaaz in Naphtali (he had married Basemath, a daughter of Solomon);

Genesis 26:34BSB

When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

Genesis 36:3BSB

and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

Genesis 36:4BSB

And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,

Genesis 36:10BSB

These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.