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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #4257 - מַחֲלַת
Transliteration
machălath
Phonetics
makh-al-ath'
Root Word (Etymology)
from (H2470)
Parts of Speech
Noun Feminine
TWOT
623h or 655c
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
1) Mahalath
1a) found in headings of Psalms 53:1-6 and Ps 81
1a1) meaning dubious, probably a catchword in a song giving name to tune
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
KJV (2)
Psalms
2
HCS (0)
BSB (0)
BSB (2)
Psalms
2
WEB (0)
(0)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
מַחֲלַת noun feminine only in Psalm titles ׳עַלמֿ Psalm 53:1; Psalm 88:1; apparently a catchword in a Song of Solomon , giving name to tune; meaning dubious; Aq Symm. ᵑ9מְחֹלֹת dance; see Ol Psalmen, p. 27 Bae Psalmen, p. xviii.
III. חלה ( adorn; compare Arabic 
adorn, 
(neck-) ornament).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
מַחֲלַת m. (from the root חָלָח, Eth. ኀለየ፡ to sing, ψάλλειν), a harp, or stringed instrument, Psalms 53:1, 88:1 compare Eth. ማኀልት፡ a song, also κιθάρα. see Ethiopic version, Genesis 4:21. The signification of singing, in this root, arises from that of soothing, see Kal No. 1, and Piel.
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List of Word Forms
מָחֲלַ֗ת מָחֲלַ֣ת מחלת mā·ḥă·laṯ machaLat māḥălaṯ
