Mahlitesmäʹlīts [Heb. maḥlî—‘weak ones’ (?); Gk. Mooli]. A Levitical family; descendants of Mahli (1) the son of Merari (Nu. 3:33; 26:58). They appear to have followed the example of the daughters of Zelophehad (seeMahlah 1): because Eleazar had no sons, his daughters married the sons of his brother
MAHLITES<ma’-lits> (מַחְלִי [machli]): Descendants of Mahli, son of Merari (Nu 3:33; 26:58). These Mahlites appear to have followed the example of the daughters of Zelophehad, mutatis mutandis. (See MAHLAH; had the name become the description of a practice?) They married the daughters of their
MAHLITES,mä′līts, (מַחְלִי, maḥlī): Descendants of Mahli, son of Merari (Nu 3:33; 26:58). These Mahlites appear to have followed the example of the daughters of Zelophehad, mutatis mutandis. (See Mahlah; had the name become the description of a practice?) They married the daughters of their uncle
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MAHLI mah´li [מַחְלִי makhli]. The name of two different Levites. 1. Mahli and his brother MUSHI were sons of Merari (Exod 6:19; Num 3:20), grandsons of Levi, and heads of the two divisions of Merarites (Num 3:33). Ezra 8:18 refers to Mahli as the son of Levi, but it is not uncommon for an informal list