Basemath
בָּֽשְׂמַתStrong’s H4258bosmat (bos-mat)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bosmat is the Hebrew word usually translated “mahalath”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.”
Meaning
- Hittite wife of Esau, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth
- Daughter of Jerimoth son of king David and wife, evidently the 1st, of king Rehoboam the grandson of king David
- Daughter of Ishmael and wife of Esau
How it's translated
- mahalath 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
2 books in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
בָּֽשְׂמַת bosmat · Basemath
A woman of the Arabs living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.28.9; daughter of: Ishmael (H3458); sister of: Nebaioth (H5032), Kedar (H6938), Adbeel (H0110), Mibsam (H4017), Mishma (H4927), Dumah (H1746), Massa (H4854), Hadad (H2301), Tema (H8485), Jetur (H3195), Naphish (H5305) and Kedemah (H6929); married to Esau (H6215); mother of: Reuel (H7467); also called Basemath (KJV: Bashemath) at Gen.36.3,4,10,13,17; Another name of ma.cha.lat (מַחֲלַת "Mahalath" H4258G) § Bashemath or Basmath = "spice" 1) Hittite wife of Esau, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth …
מַחֲלַת machalat · Mahalath
A woman of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.11.18; daughter of: Jerimoth (H3406N) and Abihail (H0032J); married to Rehoboam (H7346); mother of: Jeush (H3266K), Shemariah (H8114H), Zaham (H2093) § Mahalath = "stringed instrument" 1) daughter of Jerimoth son of king David and wife, evidently the 1st, of king Rehoboam the grandson of king David 2) daughter of Ishmael and wife of Esau
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.