mach.li is a personal name appearing in family and lineage notices, especially alongside Merari and Mushi.

The term is used as a proper personal name in genealogical and family-list contexts. It identifies a son of Merari in Exodus 6:19 and Numbers 3:20, appears among Mushi’s sons in 1 Chronicles 23:23 and 1 Chronicles 24:30, and is named in a lineage notice in Ezra 8:18.

1. Personal name in lineage notices · dominant

   Every supplied occurrence is tagged Noun · Proper and places the form within family or descent notices. In Exodus 6:19 the APB renders “The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi,” while 1 Chronicles 23:23 and 1 Chronicles 24:30 place Mahli among “the sons of Mushi”; Ezra 8:18 refers to “the sons of Mahli son of Levi son of Israel.”

   Exodus 6:19Numbers 3:201 Chronicles 23:211 Chronicles 23:231 Chronicles 24:30Ezra 8:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the clearer family notices, the APB presents the name as “Mahli,” including Exodus 6:19, Numbers 3:20, and 1 Chronicles 23:21. Its English wording confirms the verse-level lineage setting rather than independently defining the term.