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1. The Hittite Elon's daughter; wife of Esau (). Called Adah in the genealogy of Edom (-3). (See ADAH.) Bashemath is doubtless a name of praise conferred on her at marriage.
2. Ishmael's daughter; the last of Esau's three wives according to the Edomite genealogy inserted by Moses (-4; ). From her son Reuel four Edomite tribes descended. Called MAHALATH in the narrative, . Esau's Seirite wife, called Judith daughter of Beeri in the narrative (), is called Arolibamah (the name of a district in Idumaea) the genealogy (). (See AROLIBAMAH.)
3. Solomon's daughter, married to Ahimaaz, one of his commissariat officers ().