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title: מַחְלוֹן — Mahlon · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחְלוֹן (4248), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: Mahlon. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחְלוֹן

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«מַחְלוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mahlon** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 4248 · **BDB:** מַחְלוֹן

### Glosses

Mahlon (2); \[was\].Mahlon (1); of.Mahlon (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mahlon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4248/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4248/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of Elimelech and Naomi, first husband of Ruth, Ru 1:2, 5; 4:9, 10, 𝔊 Μααλων.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַחְלוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4248/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ruth 1:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.1.5/)

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וַיָּמ֥וּתוּ גַם־שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם מַחְל֣וֹן וְכִלְי֑וֹן וַתִּשָּׁאֵר֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה מִשְּׁנֵ֥י יְלָדֶ֖יהָ וּמֵאִישָֽׁהּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.died also both of.them Mahlon and Kilion and she.was.left the woman from both children her and from husband her

*JPS 1917:* And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.

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[Ruth 1:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.1.2/)

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וְשֵׁ֣ם הָאִ֣ישׁ אֱ‍ֽלִימֶ֡לֶךְ וְשֵׁם֩ אִשְׁתּ֨וֹ נָעֳמִ֜י וְשֵׁ֥ם שְׁנֵֽי־בָנָ֣יו ׀ מַחְל֤וֹן וְכִלְיוֹן֙ אֶפְרָתִ֔ים מִבֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם בֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ שְׂדֵי־מוֹאָ֖ב וַיִּֽהְיוּ־שָֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* and the.name of the.man \[was\].Elimelech and the.name his.wife his \[was\].Naomi and the.name of.the.two sons his \[was\].Mahlon and Kilion Ephrathites from Bethlehem Bethlehem Judah and they.came the.region(s) of.Moab and they.were there

*JPS 1917:* And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem in Judah. And they came into the field of Moab, and continued there.

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