Matred
mat.red is used as the personal name of Mehetabel's mother in two genealogical notices.
The attested form is used as a proper personal name in the ancestry statement identifying Mehetabel as the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.
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Personal name in Mehetabel's ancestry · dominant
In Genesis 36:39 and 1 Chronicles 1:50, the form is tagged Noun · Proper and occurs in the statement that Mehetabel is the daughter of Matred, who is in turn called the daughter of Mezahab. The APB renders both ancestry clauses with “daughter of Matred daughter of Mezahab.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Genesis 36:39 and 1 Chronicles 1:50, the APB presents the name in the repeated ancestry phrase “daughter of Matred daughter of Mezahab.” The verse is read as a whole, but both verses place the term in the same genealogical relation.