Lexicon
מוֹלָדָה
mo.la.dah
H4137
N:N--L Hebrew

Moladah

4
Occurrences
3
Books
Hebrew
Language

mo.la.dah is used as a proper place-name in settlement, inheritance, and territorial lists.

The noun is consistently used as a proper place-name: it occurs among named places in territorial and inheritance lists and in statements of where people dwelt.

Senses in use

  1. Proper place-name in place and settlement lists · dominant

    The form is tagged Noun · Proper in every occurrence. In Joshua 15:26 the APB renders a list including “Amam, Shema, and Moladah”; in Joshua 19:2 it includes Moladah within an inheritance, while 1 Chronicles 4:28 and Nehemiah 11:26 place it among locations where people “dwelt.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the four verses, the APB presents the form as “Molahah” in lists of places, an inheritance notice, and dwelling statements. These renderings confirm the verse context rather than isolate a lexical English equivalent.

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