1. Basemath (personal name) — The proper name Basemath (Hebrew בָּשְׂמַת, 'fragrant'), borne by two women in Genesis: (1) Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite, one of Esau's wives (Genesis 26:34); (2) Basemath daughter of Ishmael, also a wife of Esau (Genesis 36:3-4, 10, 13, 17). The two sense clusters differ only by the prefixed conjunction waw ('and Basemath') versus the bare name. Uniformly rendered: English 'Basemath', Spanish 'Basmat/Basemat', Hindi बासमत/बास्मात, Arabic باسمَةَ/بَسْمَتَ, Korean 바슸마, Swahili 'Basimati'. All 7 occurrences are in Genesis patriarchal narratives. 7×
AR["باسمَةَ","بَسمَةَ","بَسْمَتَ","وَ-باسمَةُ"]·ben["এবং-বাসমত","এলোনের","কন্যা","বাসমত","বাসমতের"]·DE["Basemat","Basemath","Basmat","Basmats","und-Basmat"]·EN["Basemath","and-Basemath"]·FR["Basemath","et-Basemath"]·heb["בשמת","ו-בשמת"]·HI["और-बासमत-ने","बासमत","बासमत-का","बासमत-के","बास्मत","बास्मात"]·ID["Basemat","Basmat","dan-Basemat"]·IT["Basemath","e-Basemath"]·jav["Basemat","Basmat","lan-Basemat"]·KO["그리고-바슸마이","바스마와","바스마을","바슸마을","바슸마의"]·PT["Basemat","Basmat","e-Basemat"]·RU["Басемат","Басемаф","Басмат","и-Басемаф"]·ES["Basemat","Basmat","y-Basmat"]·SW["Basemathi","Basimati","Sulemani","akajifungua"]·TR["Basemat","Basemat'ı","Basemat'ın","ve-Basemat"]·urd["اور-بسمت-نے","باسمت","بسمت","بسمت-کا","بسمت-کے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בָּֽשְׂמַת n.pr.f. (perfume?)— 1. Hittite woman, a wife of Esau Gn 26:34 (P); called daughter of Ishmael, and sister of Nebaioth Gn 36:3 (but due prob. to R; this daughter of Ishmael is מַחֲלַת in 28:9 P); v. also 36:4, 10, 13, 17 (all P) (Sam. has מחלת throughout Gn 36). 2. daughter of Solomon, wife of Ahimaaz 1 K 4:15.