Word Study · Strong's H4258 · Hebrew

מַחֲלַת

Machalath

makh-al-ath'

Strong's 1890 spelling: Machălath

“Machalath, the name of an Ishmaelitess and of an Israelitess”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

Machalath, the name of an Ishmaelitess and of an Israelitess

Rendered in the KJV as

Mahalath.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

מָ֣חֲלַ֔ת1
מָחֲלַ֣ת׀1

How it is rendered · 1

Mahalath2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

proper noun (a name)2

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Where this word lives

Genesis1 of 2 · 50%
2 Chronicles1 of 2 · 50%

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Genesis1 occurrence

Genesis 28:9מָחֲלַ֣ת׀machalatproper noun (a name)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.here: Mahalath

2 Chronicles1 occurrence

2 Chronicles 11:18מָ֣חֲלַ֔תmachalatproper noun (a name)And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.here: Mahalath

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled מַחֲלַת

H4257

מַחֲלַת

machalath

“'Machalath', probably the title (initial word) of a popular song”

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