Strong H2537חֲמוּטַל

Hamutal

Transliteration: chămûţal chămîyţal
Pronunciation: {kham-oo-tal'} kham-ee-tal'
Morphology: Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person

Definition

From H2524 and H2919; father in law of dew;
Chamutal or {Chamital} an Israelitess: - Hamutal.

Meaning of the name

Hamutal = "father-in-law is protection"

Detailed definition

A woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.23.31;
daughter of: Jeremiah (H3414); married to Josiah (H2977);
mother of: Jehoahaz (H3059H) and Zedekiah (H6667H)

In the biblical story

Hamutal

Mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah, kings of Judah.

Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, was the mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah, two kings of Judah.

In the Bible

Strong H2537 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

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First verses

2 Kings 23:31
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 Kings 24:18
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Jeremiah 52:1
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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