Aholibamah
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Aholibamah
A male or female name.
1. One of the Canaanite wives of Esau; she was the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite. She bore Esau three sons: Jeush, Jaalan and Korah.
2. An Edomite chief (Gen 36:40-43).
Concordance
AHOLIBAMAH 1:
Gen 36:2, 5,14, 18, 25
AHOLIBAMAH 2:
Gen 36:41. I Chr 1:52
Aholibamah (əhō'lĭbā'mə, ā'həlĭb'ə-), in the Bible. 1 One of Esau's wives. 2 Duke of Edom.
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Aholibamah
Aholibamah (Hebrew אָהֳלִיבָמָה, Standard Hebrew Oholivama, Tiberian Hebrew ʼOhŏlîḇāmā; Hittite "My tabernacle of/is height/exaltation" or "Tent of the High Place"[1]), is a minor biblical person in the Book of Genesis.
Aholibamah was the daughter of Beeri the Hittite[2] and Anah of Zibeon the Hivite. Her maternal grandfather was Zibeon the Hivite son of Seir the Horite.[3] She was one of two Canaanite women who married Esau, the son of Isaac, when he was in his forties. However, her In-Laws were greatly opposed to this union.[4] So as to pacify them, Esau changed her name to the Hebraic name "Judith".[5]
Aholibamah bore three children to Esau who would become Dukes of three Edomite tribes. Her Hittite name was also used to name a mountainous district in Edom, probably near Mount Hor.[citation needed]
Children:
- Jeush
- Jalam
- Korah
Popular culture
In the fantasy novel Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle, Oholibamah was the daughter of a nephil (fallen angel). She married into the family of Noah.
References
This article incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), a publication now in the public domain.
- ^ Phillips, J. Exploring Genesis: an expository commentary, (ISBN 0-8254-3488-2, ISBN 978-0-8254-3488-4), 2001, p. 284
- ^ Genesis 26:34
- ^ Genesis 36:2
- ^ Genesis 26:35
- ^ Phillips, Exploring Genesis, p. 284, 285
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