mal´oÌ„Ì-thı̄, ma-lō´thı̄ (מלּותי, malloÌ„thı̄, “my discourseâ€): Son of Heman, a Kohathite singer (; ). The song service in the house of the Lord was apportioned by David and the captains of the host to the 3 families of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun (). Their place in the “courses†was, however, settled by “lot†(, ). Mallothi was one of Heman's 17 children - 14 sons and 3 daughters () - and was chief of the 19th course of twelve singers into which the temple choir was divided ().