And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Mezaab. It is unusual for the Scripture to mark so particularly the genealogy of a woman. We might translate the Hebrew, "a native, or who was a native of Mezaab "which is probably the same with Dizahab, "abundance of gold "Deuteronomy i. 1. Mezaab signifies, "waters of gold "(Calmet) or "whose is gold "whence some infer that the woman was very rich, (Lyranus) or had discovered the art of drawing gold thread. (Abulensis)
It is more probably a proper name. (Menochius)
