Mahath
ma.chat is used as a personal name in a genealogy and among Levites and overseers.
The term is used as a proper personal name: it occurs in a genealogical succession, among Levites who arose, and in a list of overseers.
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Personal name in genealogical and official lists · dominant
The form is tagged Noun · Proper in all three occurrences. In 1 Chronicles 6:20 it stands within a sequence of descent marked by repeated “his son”; in 2 Chronicles 29:12 the APB renders a Levite named “Mahath” among those who arose; and in 2 Chronicles 31:13 it renders “Mahath” among overseers appointed under Conaniah and Shimei.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Mahath” in 2 Chronicles 29:12 and 2 Chronicles 31:13, while 1 Chronicles 6:20 renders the genealogical sequence with “Jahath.” Its differing English names cannot by themselves identify the term's precise rendering in the first verse.