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Strong's #1315 - בָּשְׂמַת
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Bashemath or Basmath = “spice”
1) Hittite wife of Esau, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth
2) daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz, one of Solomon’s commissariat officers
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1 Hittite woman, a wife of Esau Genesis 26:34 (P); called daughter of Ishmael, and sister of Nebaioth Genesis 36:3 (but due probably to R; this daughter of Ishmael is מַחֲלַת in Genesis 28:9 P); see also Genesis 36:4,10,13,17 (all P) (⅏ has מחלת throughout Genesis 36).
2 daughter of Song of Solomon , wife of Ahimaaz 1 Kings 4:15.
בָּשְׂמַת (“sweet smelling”), [Bashemath, Basmath], pr.n.f.
(1) of a wife of Esau, sometimes called a Hittite, Genesis 26:34, sometimes called the daughter of Ishmael, Genesis 36:3, Genesis 36:4, 13 Genesis 36:13. [Two of Esau’s wives bore this name.]
(2) a daughter of Solomon, 1 Kings 4:15.
