Mahalath

[Easton] A lute; lyre. (1.) The daughter of Ishmael, and third wife of Esau (Gen. 28:9); called also Bashemath (Gen. 36:3). (2.) The daughter of Jerimoth, who was one of David’s sons. She was one of Rehoboam’s wives (2 Chr. 11:18). [Smith] the title of p, 53, and Mahalath-leannoth, the title of Ps. 88. The meaning of these words is uncertain. The conjecture is that mahalath is a guitar, and that leannoth has reference to the character of the psalm, and might be rendered “to humble or afflict,” in which sense the root occurs in ver. 7. (stringed instrument) one of the eighteen wives of King Rehoboam, apparently his first. (2 Chronicles 11:18) only. She was her husband’s cousin, being the daughter of King David’s son Jerimoth. (stringed instrument), the daughter of Ishmael, and one of the wives of Esau. (Genesis 28:9) [Nave] –1. Also called BASHEMATH .Daughter of Ishmael Ge 28:9 ; 36:3 –2. A granddaughter of David 2Ch 11:18 –3. MAHALATH .See MUSIC [STEPBible TIPNR] A woman of the Arabs living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.28.9) referred to as Mahalath (מַחֲלַת), or Basemath (בָּֽשְׂמַת); daughter of Ishmael; a sister of Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah; wife of Esau; mother of Reuel. [Theographic] The daughter of Jerimoth, who was one of David’s sons. She was one of Rehoboam’s wives (2 Chr. 11:18).