חֲמוּטַלChămûwṭal

proper name, feminine: mother of the kings Jehoahaz and Zedekiah, sons of Josiah (2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:18; Jeremiah 52:1)

Pronunciation: kham-oo-tal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2537

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.
  • 2 Kings 24:18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.
  • Jeremiah 52:1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.

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).