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(Heb. hamn-Mole'keth, äִîֹּìֶëֶú , which is the art. prefixed to îֹìֶëֶú , mnle'keth, fem. part. =“the Queen;” Sept. ἡ Ìáëå÷Ýö ,Vulg. translates regina), a woman introduced in the genealogies of Manasseh as daughter of Machir and sister of Gilead (1Ch_7:17-18), and as having among her three children Abi-ezer, from whose family sprang the great judge Gideon. B.C. prob. between 1874 and 1658. The Targum translates the name by ãַּ îְìָëִú , who reigned. The Jewish tradition, as preserved by Kimchi in his commentary on the passage, is that “she used to reign over a portion of the land which belonged to Gilead,” and that for that reason her lineage has been preserved. Smith, s.v. SEE HAMMELECH.