HebrewH4258Proper Noun (Feminine)
מַחֲלַת
ma.cha.lat
“Mahalath”
2Occurrences
H4258Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Machalath, the name of an Ishmaelitess and of an Israelitess
the same as H4257 (מַחֲלַת); sickness;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman of the Arabs living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; daughter of: Ishmael (H3458); sister of: Nebaioth (H5032), Kedar (H6938), Adbeel (H0110), Mibsam (H4017), Mishma (H4927), Dumah (H1746), Massa (H4854), Hadad (H2301), Tema (H8485), Jetur (H3195), Naphish (H5305) and Kedemah (H6929); married to Esau (H6215); mother of: Reuel (H7467); also called Basemath (KJV: Bashemath) at ; Also named: bos.mat (*בָּֽשְׂמַת *"Basemath" H1315I) § Mahalath = "stringed instrument" 1) daughter of Jerimoth son of king David and wife, evidently the 1st, of king Rehoboam the grandson of king ) daughter of Ishmael and wife of Esau
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Feminine)
Morphology Code
N:N-F-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
מַחֲלַת appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
2 Chronicles
1
Genesis
1
Key Passages
2 Chronicles 11:18BSB
And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.
Genesis 28:9BSB
Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.
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