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Strong's #4257 - מַחֲלַת

Transliteration
machălath
Phonetics
makh-al-ath'
Origin
from (H2470)
Parts of Speech
feminine noun
TWOT
623h or 655c
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  1. 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

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ASV (0)
The American Standard Version
did not use
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BSB (2)
Psalms 2
CSB (0)
The Christian Standard Bible®
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ESV (0)
The English Standard Version
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KJV (2)
Psalms 2
LEB (2)
Psalms 2
LSB (0)
The Legacy Standard Bible
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N95 (0)
The New American Standard Bible (1995)
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NAS (0)
The New American Standard Bible
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NLT (0)
The World English Bible
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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).


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
 
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