Word Study · Strong's H1315 · Hebrew
בׇּשְׂמַת
Bosmath
bos-math'
“Bosmath, the name of a wife of Esau, and of a daughter of Solomon”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Bosmath, the name of a wife of Esau, and of a daughter of Solomon
Rendered in the KJV as
Bashemath, Basmath.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- בָשְׂמַ֖ת2
- בָּשְׂמַ֥ת2
- בָּ֣שְׂמַ֔ת1
- בָּשְׂמַ֖ת1
- וּבָ֣שְׂמַ֔ת1
How it is rendered · 2
- Basemath6
- and Basemath1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)6
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
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- HNpf · 6
- HC/Npf · 1
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Where this word lives
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Genesis6 occurrences
- Genesis 26:34בָּ֣שְׂמַ֔תbasematproper noun (a name)When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.here: Basemath
- Genesis 36:3בָּשְׂמַ֥תbasematproper noun (a name)and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.here: Basemath
- Genesis 36:4וּבָ֣שְׂמַ֔תuvasematconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)And Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath gave birth to Reuel,here: and Basemath
- Genesis 36:10בָּשְׂמַ֖תbasematproper noun (a name)These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Esau’s wife Adah, and Reuel son of Esau’s wife Basemath.here: Basemath
- Genesis 36:13בָשְׂמַ֖תvasematproper noun (a name)These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.here: Basemath
- Genesis 36:17בָשְׂמַ֖תvasematproper noun (a name)These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.here: Basemath