H4258: מַחֲלַת
Machălath · pronounced makh-al-ath' · “Mahalath”
Definition
Machalath, the name of an Ishmaelitess and of an Israelitess
KJV translates it as: Mahalath.
Word origin: the same as H4257 (מַחֲלַת); sickness;
Extended definition
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
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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4258 is translated
- mahalath ×2
Bible verses with H4258 (Machălath)
Machălath appears in 2 verses.
- Genesis 28:9
Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
- 2 Chronicles 11:18
And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;