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Strong's #2537 - חֲמוּטַל

Transliteration

Chămûwṭal

Phonetics

kham-oo-tal', kham-ee-tal'

Origin

from (H2524) and (H2919)

Parts of Speech

proper feminine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Hamutal = "father-in-law is protection"
1. one of the wives of Josiah, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

2 Kings 2

Jeremiah 1

BSB (3)

2 Kings 2

Jeremiah 1

CSB (3)

2 Kings 2

Jeremiah 1

ESV (3)

2 Kings 2

Jeremiah 1

KJV (3)

2 Kings 2

Jeremiah 1

LEB (3)

2 Kings 2

Jeremiah 1

LSB (3)

2 Kings 2

Jeremiah 1

N95 (3)

2 Kings 2

Jeremiah 1

NAS (3)

2 Kings 2

Jeremiah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (3)

2 Kings 2

Jeremiah 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חֲמוּטַל Qr, חמיטל Kt, proper name, feminine (meaning dubious; perhaps, if Kt right, my husband's father is the dew, compare אֲבִיטַל) — ᵐ5 Αμειται, Μιτατ; A Αμιταλ, Αμιταθ, ᵐ5^L Αμιταλ; — mother of the kings Jehoahaz and Zedekiah, sons of Josiah 2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:18 Qr (Kt חמיטל) = Jeremiah 52:1 Qr (Kt id.)

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חֲמוּטַל (“father-in-law,” or connection by marriage “of the dew” [‘whose near connection is the dew’], i.e. refreshing like dew; perhaps also for חֲמוֹת טַל), [Hamutal], pr.n. of the wife of king Josiah, 2 Kings 23:31, 24:18 Jeremiah 52:1, in which latter places the כתיב is חֲמִיטַל.

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List of Word Forms

חֲמוּטַ֥ל חמוטל chamuTal ḥă·mū·ṭal ḥămūṭal