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ma´lon (מחלון, mahÌ£loÌ„n, “invalidâ€): Ruth's first husband (Ruth 12, 5; , ). In the latter passage is further evidence of the unwillingness to allow a family connection or inheritance to drop (see MAHLAH; MAHLI). Note that David's descent and that of his “Greater Son†come through Ruth and Boaz ().