H4257
H4257 — מַחֲלַת
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
machalath (makh-al-ath') n-f.
1. sickness
2. Machalath, probably the title (initial word) of a popular song
[from H2470]
KJV: Mahalath.
Root(s): H2470
TWOT
TWOT: 623h
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KJV Renderings
Mahalath.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB2766
מַחֲלַת noun feminine only in Psalm titles ׳ עַלמֿ Ps 53:1; Ps 88:1 apparently a catchword in a song, giving name to tune; meaning dubious; Aq Symm . ᵑ9 מְחֹלֹת dance; see OlPsalmen, p. 27 BaePsalmen, p. xviii.