Midvash

בׇּשְׂמַתBosmath

proper name, feminine: perfume

Pronunciation: bos-math' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1315

Meanings

1. Hittite woman, a wife of Esau (Genesis 26:34; Genesis 36:3; Genesis 28:9)

2. daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz (1 Kings 4:15)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 26:34 At the age of forty, Esau married two Hittite wives: Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon.
  • Genesis 36:3 He also married his cousin Basemath, who was the daughter of Ishmael and the sister of Nebaioth.
  • Genesis 36:4 Adah gave birth to a son named Eliphaz for Esau. Basemath gave birth to a son named Reuel.
  • Genesis 36:10 These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau’s wife Adah; and Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath.
  • Genesis 36:13 The descendants of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath.
  • Genesis 36:17 The descendants of Esau’s son Reuel became the leaders of the clans of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the clan leaders in the land of Edom who descended from Reuel. All these were descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).