Original Word: מַחְלָה
Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine
Transliteration: Machlah
Pronunciation: makh-LAH
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-law')
KJV: Mahlah
NASB: Mahlah
Word Origin: [from H2470 (חָלָה - To be weak)]

1. sickness
2. Machlah, the name apparently of two Israelitesses

Mahlah

From chalah; sickness; Machlah, the name apparently of two Israelitesses -- Mahlah.

see HEBREW chalah

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
a daughter of Zelophehad, also a Gileadite
NASB Translation
Mahlah (5).

מַחְלָה proper name, feminine 1. a daughter of Zelophehad Numbers 26:33; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:11; Joshua 17:3, ᵐ5 Μα(α)λ(α)α.

2 a Gileadite name (possibly masculine) 1 Chronicles 7:18 ᵐ5 Μαελα, ᵐ5^L Μααλαθ.

[מַחֲלֶה], מַחֲלָה see I. חלה.

מְחֹלָה, see I. חול. [מְחִלָּה] see I. חלל

Name and Biblical Setting

Machlah (Mahlah) appears five times in Scripture, always within the tribe of Manasseh. Four occurrences (Numbers 26:33; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:11; Joshua 17:3) refer to one of the five daughters of Zelophehad. A fifth mention (1 Chronicles 7:18) lists a family member of the same tribal line, showing that the name remained valued in Manassite genealogy.

The Daughters of Zelophehad

Numbers 27 recounts the most detailed scene:

“Why should the name of our father disappear from his clan because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s brothers.” (