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בָּֽשְׂמַת

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Basemath

A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.26.34; daughter of: Elon (H0356); married to Esau (H6215); mother of: Eliphaz (H0464); also called Basemath (KJV: Bashemath) at Gen.26.34; Another name of a.dah (עָדָה "Adah" H5711H) § Bashemath or Basmath = "spice" 1) Hittite wife of Esau, daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebaioth 2) daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz, one of Solomon's commissariat officers

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

בָּֽשְׂמִת proper name, feminine (perfume ?) —

1. Hittite woman, a wife of Esau Gen 26:34 (P); called daughter of Ishmael, and sister of Nebaioth Gen 36:3 (but due probably to R; this daughter of Ishmael is מַחֲלַת in Gen 28:9 P); see also Gen 36:4; Gen 36:10; Gen 36:13; Gen 36:17 (all P) (⅏ has מחלת throughout Gen 36).
2. daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz 1Kgs 4:15.


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