מַחֲלַת

ma.cha.lat

Hebrew H4258 Personal name, feminine 2 occurrences in 2 verses
מַחֲלַת Mahalath

A woman of the Arabs living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.28.9;

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 Gen.36.3,4,10,13,17;

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 David

2. daughter of Ishmael and wife of Esau

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 2 verses

  1. Genesis 28:9 מָחֲלַ֣ת׀

    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.

  2. 2 Chronicles 11:18 מָ֣חֲלַ֔ת

    And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.

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