Mahlah

Daughter of Zelophehad, who received an inheritance among her brothers.

A written article for Mahlah is still to come. Below and alongside: where Mahlah appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1600 BC
    1400 BC
  • Mahlah
    1452 BC to 1443 BC

Original word

  • מַחְלָה mahlah, mahalah
    H4244
Relationships
Father: Zelophehad Sister: Hoglah Sister: Milcah Sister: Noah Sister: Tirzah Member of: Tribe of Joseph
Citations
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Where Mahlah appears in Scripture

Numbers 26

וּצְלָפְחָד בֶּן-חֵפֶר לֹא-הָיוּ לוֹ בָּנִים כִּי אִם-בָּנוֹת וְשֵׁם בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד מַחְלָה וְנֹעָה חָגְלָה מִלְכָּה וְתִרְצָֽה׃
33
And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Numbers 27

וַתִּקְרַבְנָה בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד בֶּן-חֵפֶר בֶּן-גִּלְעָד בֶּן-מָכִיר בֶּן-מְנַשֶּׁה לְמִשְׁפְּחֹת מְנַשֶּׁה בֶן-יוֹסֵף וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת בְּנֹתָיו מַחְלָה נֹעָה וְחָגְלָה וּמִלְכָּה וְתִרְצָֽה׃
1
Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

Numbers 36

וַתִּֽהְיֶינָה מַחְלָה תִרְצָה וְחָגְלָה וּמִלְכָּה וְנֹעָה בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד לִבְנֵי דֹֽדֵיהֶן לְנָשִֽׁים׃
11
For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons:

Joshua 17

וְלִצְלָפְחָד בֶּן-חֵפֶר בֶּן-גִּלְעָד בֶּן-מָכִיר בֶּן-מְנַשֶּׁה לֹא-הָיוּ לוֹ בָּנִים כִּי אִם-בָּנוֹת וְאֵלֶּה שְׁמוֹת בְּנֹתָיו מַחְלָה וְנֹעָה חָגְלָה מִלְכָּה וְתִרְצָֽה׃
3
But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

1 Chronicles 7

וַֽאֲחֹתוֹ הַמֹּלֶכֶת יָֽלְדָה אֶת-אִישְׁהוֹד וְאֶת-אֲבִיעֶזֶר וְאֶת-מַחְלָֽה׃
18
And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.