Hammoleketh
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Hammol'eketh. (The Queen). A daughter of Machir, and sister of Gilead. 1 Chronicles 7:17-18. (B.C. between 1706 and 1491).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]
Mother of ABIEZER; or "the queen." She reigned, according to tradition, over part of Gilead ( 1 Chronicles 7:17-18).
Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]
Apparently the daughter of Machir. 1 Chronicles 7:18 .
Easton's Bible Dictionary [4]
1 Chronicles 7:17,18
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
(Heb. hamn-Mole'keth, הִמֹּלֶכֶת , which is the art. prefixed to מֹלֶכֶת , Mnle'Keth, fem. part. ="the Queen;" Sept. Ἡ Μαλεχέφ ,Vulg. translates Regina), a woman introduced in the genealogies of Manasseh as daughter of Machir and sister of Gilead ( 1 Chronicles 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 דַּ מְלָכִת , 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).
