Aholibamah (Hebrew אָהֳלִיבָמָה, Standard Hebrew Oholivama, Tiberian Hebrew ʼOhŏlîḇāmā; Hittite "My tabernacle of/is height/exaltation" or "Tent of the High Place"[1]), is a minor biblical person in the Book of Genesis.
Aholibamah was the daughter of Beeri the Hittite[2] and Anah of Zibeon the Hivite. Her maternal grandfather was Zibeon the Hivite son of Seir the Horite.[3] She was one of two Canaanite women who married Esau, the son of Isaac, when he was in his forties. However, her In-Laws were greatly opposed to this union.[4] So as to pacify them, Esau changed her name to the Hebraic name "Judith".[5]
Aholibamah bore three children to Esau who would become Dukes of three Edomite tribes. Her Hittite name was also used to name a mountainous district in Edom, probably near Mount Hor.
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In the fantasy novel Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle, Oholibamah was the daughter of a nephil (fallen angel). She married into the family of Noah.
This article incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), a publication now in the public domain.