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title: מַחֲלַת — Mahalath · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַחֲלַת (4258), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Mahalath. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַחֲלַת

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«מַחֲלַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mahalath** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4258 · **BDB:** מַחֲלַת³

### Glosses

Mahalath (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mahalath [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4258/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4258/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. daughter of Ishmael Gn 28:9, 𝔊 Μαελεθ. granddaughter of David 2 Ch 11:18, 𝔊 Μολλαθ; 𝔊L Μαελλεθ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַחֲלַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4258/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 11:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.11.18/)

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וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֤וֹ רְחַבְעָם֙ אִשָּׁ֔ה אֶת־מָ֣חֲלַ֔ת בַּת־יְרִימ֖וֹת בֶּן־דָּוִ֑יד אֲבִיהַ֕יִל בַּת־אֱלִיאָ֖ב בֶּן־יִשָֽׁי׃

*Word for word:* and he.took for himself Rehoboam a.wife (et) Mahalath the.daughter of.Jerimoth the.son of.David Abihail the.daughter of.Eliab the.son of.Jesse

*JPS 1917:* And Rehoboam took him a wife, Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

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[Genesis 28:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.28.9/)

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וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ עֵשָׂ֖ו אֶל־יִשְׁמָעֵ֑אל וַיִּקַּ֡ח אֶֽת־מָחֲלַ֣ת ׀ בַּת־יִשְׁמָעֵ֨אל בֶּן־אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֲח֧וֹת נְבָי֛וֹת עַל־נָשָׁ֖יו ל֥וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.went Esau to Ishmael and he.took (et) Mahalath the.daughter of.Ishmael the.son of.Abraham the.sister of.Nebaioth to wives his for himself to a.wife

*JPS 1917:* so Esau went unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives that he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.

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