Glossary of Terms

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Mahalath
Sickness; Machalath, probably the title (initial word) of a popular song.
Mail
A flexible fabric made of metal rings interlinked. It was used especially for defensive armor. Hence generally, armor, or any defensive covering.
Mammon
Riches; wealth; or the god of riches.
Maneh
A Hebrew weight for gold or silver, being one hundred shekels of gold and sixty shekels of silver. Ezekiel 45.
Maran-atha
An exclamation of the approaching divine judgment.
Maschil
Instructive, i.e. a didactic poem.
Mattock
A tool to grub up weeds or roots; a grubbing hoe.
Michtam
An engraving, i.e. (techn.) a poem.
Midwife
A woman that assists other women in childbirth.
Mina
A weight or denomination of money. The mina of the Old Testament was valued at sixty shekels.
Miter
A sacerdotal ornament worn on the head by bishops and certain abbots, on solemn occasions.
Muthlabben
To die for the son, probably the title of a popular song — death.

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