Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #4257 - מַחֲלַת Machalath (in psalm titles)

Original Word:	מַחֲלַת
Transliteration:	Machalath
Definition:	in psalm titles, probably the name of a tune
Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(makh-al-ath')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Mahalath

From chalah; sickness; Machalath, probably the title (initial word) of a popular song -- Mahalath.

see HEBREW chalah

Englishman's Concordance

1) Mahalath
1a) found in headings of

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מַחֲלַתnoun feminine only in Psalm titles ׳עַלמֿPsalm 53:1; Psalm 88:1; apparently a catchword in a song, giving name to tune; meaning dubious; Aq Symm. ᵑ9מְחֹלֹתdance; see Ol^{Psalmen, p. 27} Bae^{Psalmen, p. xviii}.

III. חלה (adorn; compare Arabic adorn, (neck-) ornament).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4257. מָחֲלַת (Machalath) — 2 Occurrences

Psalm 53:1
HEB:לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ עַֽל־ מָחֲלַ֗ת מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לְדָוִֽד׃
KJV: <upon Mahalath, Maschil,
INT: Musician upon Mahalath Maschil David

Psalm 88:1
HEB:לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ עַל־ מָחֲלַ֣ת לְעַנּ֑וֹת מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל
KJV: to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth,
INT: Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth Maschil

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