Chămûwṭal — H2537

Definition

feminine proper noun

Chamutal or Chamital, an Israelitess

1. Hamutal = "father-in-law is protection"
2. one of the wives of Josiah, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah

Usually translated as

Hamutal

Origin

or Chămîyṭal; from H2524 and H2919; father-in-law of dew

• Derived from Châm (H2524)
• Derived from Ṭal (H2919)

Occurrences

Chămûwṭal occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (2), Jeremiah (1)

• 2 Kings 23:31 — Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal (חֲמוּטַ֥ל), the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
• 2 Kings 24:18 — Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal (חֲמוּטַ֥ל), the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
• Jeremiah 52:1 — Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal (חֲמוּטַ֥ל) the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.