Word Study · Strong's H4244 · Hebrew
מַחְלָה
Machlah
makh-law'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Machlâh
“Machlah, the name apparently of two Israelitesses”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Machlah, the name apparently of two Israelitesses
Rendered in the KJV as
Mahlah.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- מַחְלָ֣ה4
- מַחְלָֽה׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- Mahlah4
- [was] Mahlah1
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How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)5
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Numbers3 occurrences
- Numbers 26:33מַחְלָ֣הmachlahproper noun (a name)Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.here: [was] Mahlah
- Numbers 27:1מַחְלָ֣הmachlahproper noun (a name)Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approachedhere: Mahlah
- Numbers 36:11מַחְלָ֣הmachlahproper noun (a name)Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to cousins on their father’s side.here: Mahlah