H4413 H4413
Mallothi (personal name, Levitical musician)
The name of one of Heman's sons, a Levitical musician in David's temple arrangements. The name appears in 1 Chronicles 25, which some scholars understand as an artistic arrangement where the 'names' actually represent the opening words of liturgical compositions or psalm titles (literally 'I have uttered' or 'I have spoken'). If this theory is correct, the passage contains a kind of musical acrostic or liturgical reference list disguised as personal names. Whether personal name or liturgical formula, it reflects the temple's musical traditions.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Personal name (or possibly liturgical phrase) appearing in 1 Chronicles 25:4, 26 as one of Heman's sons appointed for temple music. Some scholars (Ewald, Robertson Smith) interpret these 'names' as opening words of compositions or psalm fragments rather than personal names, noting 'Mallothi' means 'I have uttered/spoken.' This would make the list a cryptic liturgical reference. Cross-linguistic evidence shows direct transliteration (Malloti, Maloti), treating it as a proper name. 2×
AR["لِمَلُّوتِي", "مَلُّوتِي"]·ben["মল্লোতি", "মল্লোতীর-জন্য"]·DE["[למלותי]", "[מלותי]"]·EN["Malloti", "for-Malloti"]·FR["[למלותי]", "[מלותי]"]·heb["ל-מלותי", "מלותי"]·HI["मल्लोती", "मल्लोती-के-लिए"]·ID["Maloti", "bagi-Maloti"]·IT["[למלותי]", "[מלותי]"]·jav["Maloti", "dhateng-Maloti"]·KO["말로디", "에게-말로디"]·PT["Malloti", "para-Malloti"]·RU["Маллоти"]·ES["Maloti", "para-Maloti"]·SW["Malothi", "kwa-Malothi"]·TR["Malloti", "Malloti'ye"]·urd["ملوتی", "ملوتی-کے-لیے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מַלּ֫וֹתִי as n.pr.m. a son of Heman (I have uttered = מִלַּלְתִּי Ew§ 274 b. N. v. מלל);—1 Ch 25:4 (on this appar. list of names v. Ewl.c. RSOTJC 422; 2nd ed. 143) v 26.