Strong H1315H1315Hבָּֽשְׂמַת

Basemath

One of the 3 senses of Strong H1315

Transliteration
boώmath
Pronunciation
bos-math'
Morphology
Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person

Definition

A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.26.34;
daughter of: Elon (H356); married to Esau (H6215);
mother of: Eliphaz (H464); also called Basemath (KJV: Bashemath) at Gen.26.34;
Another name of a.dah (עָדָה "Adah" H5711H)

Meaning of the name

Bashemath or Basmath = "spice"

General definition

Feminine of the second form of H1314; fragrance;
{Bosmath} the name of a wife of {Esau} and of a dughter of Solomon: - {Bashemath} Basmath.

In the biblical story

Adah

Hittite wife of Esau; mother of Eliphaz

Adah, also known as Basemath, was one of Esau's Hittite wives and the mother of Eliphaz, who became a chief in the land of Edom.

In the Bible

Strong H1315H appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • bashemath1

First verses

  1. Genesis 26:34
    And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:
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