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Hammoleketh

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4447

הַמֹּלֶכֶת

mo.le.khet — Hammolecheth

A woman of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.18; daughter of: Machir (H4353); sister of: Gilead (H1568H), daughter_of_Machir (H4353I), Peresh (H6570) and Sheresh (H8329); mother of: Ishhod (H0379), Abiezer (H0044H) and Mahlah (H4244H) § Hammoleketh = "the queen" daughter of Machir and sister of Gilead

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Historical dictionary entry

The queen, the daughter of Machir and sister of Gilead (1 Chr. 7:17, 18). Abiezer was one of her three children.

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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