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Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #4257 - מַחֲלַת

Transliteration

machălath

Phonetics

makh-al-ath'

Origin

from (H2470)

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

623h or 655c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Mahalath
1. found in headings of Ps 53:1 and Ps 81:1
  1. meaning dubious, probably a catchword in a song giving name to tune

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (0)

The American Standard Version
did not use
this Strong's Number

BSB (2)

Psalms 2

CSB (0)

The Christian Standard Bible®
did not use
this Strong's Number

ESV (0)

The English Standard Version
did not use
this Strong's Number

KJV (2)

Psalms 2

LEB (2)

Psalms 2

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
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WEB (0)

The Young's Literal Translation
did not use
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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).

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