ma.cha.lat is a personal name borne by women identified within marriage and family lines.

The supplied verses use the term as a proper personal name for women named within family and marital relationships: one is taken as Esau’s wife, and one is Rehoboam’s wife and is identified by her parentage.

1. Personal name in family and marriage records · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper and identify a woman within a family line and marriage. In Genesis 28:9 the APB renders Esau taking Mahalath, identified as Ishmael’s daughter and Nebaioth’s sister, as a wife; in 2 Chronicles 11:18 it renders Rehoboam taking Mahalath as a wife and identifies her through Jerimoth, David, Abihail, Eliab, and Jesse.

   Genesis 28:92 Chronicles 11:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Mahalath” in both verses, within accounts of taking a wife and naming her family connections. It confirms the personal-name use rather than supplying a lexical translation.