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From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 Bashemath
    sweet-smelling. (1.) The daughter of Ishmael, the last of Esau's
    three wives (Gen. 36:3, 4, 13), from whose son Reuel four tribes
    of the Edomites sprung. She is also called Mahalath (Gen. 28:9).
    It is noticeable that Esau's three wives receive different names
    in the genealogical table of the Edomites (Gen. 36) from those
    given to them in the history (Gen. 26:34; 28:9).
      (2.) A daughter of Solomon, and wife of Ahimaaz, one of his
    officers (1 Kings 4:15).

From: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

 Bashemath, perfumed; confusion of death; in desolation