Hebrew word · H4732

מִקְלוֹת

umiklot

Mikloth

A personal name of uncertain meaning. BDB suggests "rods", connecting it with maqqel ("staff, rod").

Appears 4 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.8.32;

son of: Abiel (H0022) and Maacah (H4601N);

brother of: Kish (H7027), Ner (H5369), Abdon (H5658J), Zur (H6698I), Baal (H1168B), Nadab (H5070J), Gedor (H1446I), Ahio (H0283I) and Zecher (H2144);

father of: Shimeah (H8039)

§ Mikloth = "staves"

1) one of the sons of Jehiel, the father or prince of Gibeon by his wife Maachah; a Benjamite

2) leader of the 2nd division of David's army

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 1 Chronicles 9:37

Range of meaning

A personal name of uncertain meaning. BDB suggests "rods", connecting it with maqqel ("staff, rod").

Against the English

English versions all write it as "Mikloth".

Used elsewhere in the period

Also in 1 Chronicles 8:32 (the same man) and 27:4 (an officer in David's army). The Septuagint here has Makellōth.

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 4

  1. 1 Chronicles 8:32 וּמִקְל֖וֹת and Mikloth

    and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.

  2. 1 Chronicles 9:37 וּמִקְלֽוֹת׃ and Mikloth

    Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.

    Here: The last son of Jeiel named in the list. Verse 38 picks him up again as the father of Shimeam. The meaning of the name is uncertain. It is often linked with maqqel, "rod" or "staff" (so "rods").

  3. 1 Chronicles 9:38 וּמִקְל֖וֹת and Mikloth

    Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.

    Here: A Benjaminite, one of the sons of Jeiel, the 'father' (founder) of Gibeon named in 9:35–37. The prefixed 'and' joins this line to the list of brothers in the verse before.

  4. 1 Chronicles 27:4 וּמִקְל֖וֹת and Mikloth

    Dodai the Ahohite was in charge of the division for the second month, and Mikloth was the leader. There were 24,000 men in his division.

    Here: A second named officer appears only in this month's entry. A Benjaminite Mikloth is listed in Saul's family line at Gibeon (1 Chr 8:32; 9:37–38), but we cannot tell whether he is the same man.

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