# H4244 מַחְלָה

מַחְלָה (Machlâh), Strong’s H4244: Machlah, the name apparently of two Israelitesses KJV: Mahlah.. Occurs 5 times.

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*Machlâh* — Machlah, the name apparently of two Israelitesses

KJV: Mahlah.

Derived from [חָלָה châlâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H2470) (to be rubbed or worn)

Occurs 5 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַחְלָה n.pr.f.
- 1 a daughter of Zelophehad
- 2 a Gileadite name (poss. m.)

## Where it occurs
- [Numbers 26:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/26?v=33) — Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah…
- [Numbers 27:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/27?v=1) — Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the…
- [Numbers 36:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/36?v=11) — for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father’s brothers’…
- [Joshua 17:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/17?v=3) — But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but…
- [1 Chronicles 7:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/7?v=18) — His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.