The meaning of “מַעֲכָה”
Understanding Maʻăkâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or מַעֲכָת Maʻăkâth (mah-ak-awth'); (Joshua 13:13), from מָעַךְ; depression Maachah, Maachathites. See also בֵּית מַעֲכָ...
מַעֲכָה
or מַעֲכָת Maʻăkâth (mah-ak-awth'); (Joshua 13:13), from מָעַךְ; depression Maachah, Maachathites. See also בֵּית מַעֲכָה. - § Maachathites = "pressure (literally she has pressed)" - Maakah (or Maakath), the name of a place in Syria, also of a Mesopotamian, of three Israelites, and of four Israelitesses and one Syrian woman n pr m 1) father of Achish, king of Gath at the beginning of Solomon's reign 2) father of Hanan, one of David's mighty warriors 3) a Simeonite, father of Shephatiah, prince of his tribe in the reign of David 4) son of Nahor by concubine Reumah n pr f 5) daughter of king Talmai of Geshur, wife or David, and mother of Absalom 6) daughter of Absalom, wife of king Rehoboam of Judah, and mother of king Abijam of Judah 7) concubine of Caleb the son of Hezron 8) wife of Machir of the tribe of Manasseh 9) wife of Jehiel, father of Gibeon n pr 10) a mercenary people hired to fight David
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 22:24 | “And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. ” Word: מַעֲכָה (Maʻăkâh) | |
| Joshua 13:13 | “Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.” Word: מַעֲכָה (Maʻăkâh) | |
| 2 Samuel 10:6 | “And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth–rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish–tob twelve thousand men.” Word: מַעֲכָה (Maʻăkâh) | |
| 1 Kings 15:10 | “And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.” Word: מַעֲכָה (Maʻăkâh) | |
| 1 Chronicles 8:29 | “And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah:” Word: מַעֲכָה (Maʻăkâh) |