Lexical Definition

‎מַחְלִי‎ Machlîy (makh-lee') Mahlite ^N:N--PG
patronymical from ‎מַחְלִי‎

Mahlites.

• § Mahlites = see Mahli "my sickness"
• a Machlite or (collectively) descendants of Machli

1) descendants of Mahli, the grandson of Levi

Extended Information

group of: מַחְלִי

• Someone descended from Mahli who was a man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.19
• son of: Merari (מְרָרִי)
• brother of: Mushi (מוּשִׁי) and Jaaziah (יַעֲזִיָּהוּ)
• father of: Libni (לִבְנִי), Eleazar (אֶלְעָזָר) and Kish (קִישׁ)
• Group of mach.li (‎מ‎ַ‎ח‎ְ‎ל‎ִ‎י‎ "Mahli" מַחְלִי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎מַחְלִי‎ adjective, of a people of above; only with article as collective ‎׳‎‎הַמ‎ Num 3:33; Num 26:58. ‎מַחֲלֻיִים‎ see [‎מַחֲלוּי‎] below I. ‎חלה‎. [‎מַחֲלָף‎], [‎מַחֲלָפָה‎] see ‎חלף‎. ‎מַחֲלָצוֺת‎ see [ ‎מַחֲלָצָה‎] below I. ‎הלץ‎. II. ‎מַחְלְקוֺת‎ see II. ‎חלק‎. ‎מַחֲלֹ֫קֶת‎ see I. ‎חלק‎. I. ‎מַחֲלַת‎ see below II. ‎חלה‎.

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