In the title of Psalms 53:1; 88:1, is conjectured to refer to the tune or the instrument used in chanting these Psalms; or a Gengstenberg and Alexander suggest, the spiritual malady which they lament.
Source: ATS Bible Dictionary
Mahalath
A lute; lyre. The daughter of Ishmael, and third wife of Esau (Genesis 28:9); called also Bashemath (Genesis 36:3).
The daughter of Jerimoth, who was one of David's sons. She was one of Rehoboam's wives (2 Chronicles 11:18).
Source: Easton's Bible Dictionary
Mahalath
(stringed instrument ), the daughter of Ishmael, and one of the wives of Esau. (Genesis 28:9)
Source: Smith's Bible Dictionary
Mahalath
(stringed instrument ) one of the eighteen wives of King Rehoboam, apparently his first. (2 Chronicles 11:18) only. She was her husband’s cousin, being the daughter of King David’s son Jerimoth.
Source: Smith's Bible Dictionary
Mahalath
the title of p, 53, and Mahalath-leannoth, the title of Ps. 88. The meaning of these words is uncertain. The conjecture is that mahalath is a guitar, and that leannoth has reference to the character of the psalm, and might be rendered "to humble or afflict," in which sense the root occurs in ver. 7.
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