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title: מַחְלָה — Mahlah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחְלָה (4244), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Mahlah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחְלָה

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«מַחְלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mahlah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 4244 · **BDB:** מַחְלָה

### Glosses

Mahlah (4); \[was\].Mahlah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mahlah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4244/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4244/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. a daughter of Zelophehad Nu 26:33; 27:1; 36:11 Jos 17:3, 𝔊 Μα(α)λ(α)α. a Gileadite name (poss. m.) 1 Ch 7:18 𝔊 Μαελα, 𝔊L Μααλαθ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַחְלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4244/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 7:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.18/)

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וַאֲחֹת֖וֹ הַמֹּלֶ֑כֶת יָלְדָה֙ אֶת־אִישְׁה֔וֹד וְאֶת־אֲבִיעֶ֖זֶר וְאֶת־מַחְלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and sister his Hammoleketh she.bore (et) Ishhod and (et) Abiezer and (et) Mahlah

*JPS 1917:* And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ish-hod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.

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[Numbers 36:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.36.11/)

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וַתִּהְיֶ֜ינָה מַחְלָ֣ה תִרְצָ֗ה וְחָגְלָ֧ה וּמִלְכָּ֛ה וְנֹעָ֖ה בְּנ֣וֹת צְלָפְחָ֑ד לִבְנֵ֥י דֹדֵיהֶ֖ן לְנָשִֽׁים׃

*Word for word:* and they.belonged Mahlah Tirzah and Hoglah and Milcah and Noah the.daughters of.Zelophehad to the.sons their.uncles their to wives

*JPS 1917:* For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons.

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