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The Definition of the word Bashemath

Bashemath

Sweet-smelling. (1.) The daughter of Ishmael, the last of Esau's "three wives (Gen. 36:3, 4, 13), from whose son Reuel four tribes" of the Edomites sprung. She is also called Mahalath (Gen. 28:9). It is noticeable that Esau's three wives receive different names in the genealogical table of the Edomites (Gen. 36) from those given to them in the history (Gen. 26:34; 28:9). "(2.) A daughter of Solomon, and wife of Ahimaaz, one of his officers (1 Kings 4:15).


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