MAHLI

ma'-li (machli, "a sick or weak one"'):

(1) A son of Merari (Exodus 6:19, the King James Version Mahali; Numbers 3:20), grandson of Levi and founder of the Levitical family of MAHLITES (which see).

(2) A son of Mushi, Mahli's brother, bears the same name (1 Chronicles 6:47; 23:23; 24:30). Compare Ezra 8:18 and 1 Esdras 8:47.

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.