מַחְלָהMachlâh

Machlah, the name apparently of two Israelitesses

Pronunciation: makh-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4244

Meanings

1. a daughter of Zelophehad (Numbers 26:33; Numbers 27:1; Numbers 36:11)

2. a Gileadite name (possibly masculine) (1 Chronicles 7:18)

Same root

חָלָהchâlâh · H2470properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

Numbers 26:33 (One of Hepher’s descendants, Zelophehad, had no sons, but his daughters’ names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.)
Numbers 27:1 One day a petition was presented by the daughters of Zelophehad—Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. Their father, Zelophehad, was a descendant of Hepher son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, son of Joseph.
Numbers 36:11 Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah all married cousins on their father’s side.
Joshua 17:3 However, Zelophehad, a descendant of Hepher son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, had no sons. He had only daughters, whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
1 Chronicles 7:18 Makir’s sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

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).