Lexical Definition

‎מַחְלָה‎ Machlâh (makh-law') Mahlah ^N:N-F-P
from ‎חָלָה‎; sickness

Mahlah.

• § Mahlah = "disease"
• Machlah, the name apparently of two Israelitesses

1) the eldest of 5 daughters of Zelophehad the grandson of Manasseh
2) a Gileadite

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַחְלָה‎

proper name, feminine 1. a daughter of Zelophehad Num 26:33; Num 27:1; Num 36:11; Josh 17:3, ᵐ5 Μα(α)λ(α)α.

2. a Gileadite name (possibly masculine) 1Chr 7:18 ᵐ5 Μαελα, ᵐ5^L Μααλαθ.

[‎מַחֲלֶה‎], ‎מַחֲלָה‎ see I. ‎חלה‎. ‎מְחֹלָה‎, see I. ‎חול‎. [‎מְחִלָּה‎] see I. ‎חלל‎

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