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Hamutal

חֲמוּטַלStrong’s H2537

chamutal (cha-mu-tal)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Chamutal is the Hebrew word usually translated “hamutal”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.”
2 Kings 23:31 KJV
Meaning
  1. A woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.23.31
How it's translated
  • hamutal 3

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Kings 2
  • Jeremiah 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

חֲמוּטַל chamutal · Hamutal

A woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.23.31; daughter of: Jeremiah (H3414); married to Josiah (H2977); mother of: Jehoahaz (H3059H) and Zedekiah (H6667H) § Hamutal = "father-in-law is protection" one of the wives of Josiah, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.