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# מַחֲלַת

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4257

**‘Machalath’** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

‘Machalath’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4257/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַחֲלַת: n.f. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4257/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. only in ψ titles עַל־מ׳ ψ 53:1; 88:1; appar. a catchword in a song, giving name to tune; meaning dub.; Aq. Symm. 𝔙 מְחֹלֹת dance; v. Ol Psalmen, p. 27 Bae Psalmen, p. xviii.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: machalath (1); machalath- (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 53:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.53.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.53.1/#tree)

לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־מָחֲלַ֗ת מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לְדָוִֽד׃

*Word for word:* to the choirmaster on machalath a.poem of David

*JPS 1917:* For the Leader; upon Mahalath. Maschil of David.

[Psalms 88:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.1/#tree)

שִׁ֥יר מִזְמ֗וֹר לִבְנֵ֫י קֹ֥רַח לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל־מָחֲלַ֣ת לְעַנּ֑וֹת מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל לְהֵימָ֥ן הָאֶזְרָחִֽי׃

*Word for word:* a.song a.psalm of the.sons of.Korah to the choirmaster on machalath- leannoth a.poem of Heman the Ezrachite

*JPS 1917:* A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Leader; upon Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4257.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4257/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).